| List of figure and tables |
page ix |
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| List of acronyms |
x |
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| Acknowledgements |
xiii |
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| 1 |
Introduction |
1 |
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Private security and the control of force: the question |
3 |
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Private security and the control of force: the answer |
5 |
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A transnational market for military and security services |
7 |
|
Mercenaries, privatization, and other slippery terms |
22 |
|
The current market compared |
26 |
|
Why the current market? |
30 |
|
Plan of the book |
38 |
|
| 2 |
Private security and the control of force |
40 |
|
Clarifying the control of force |
40 |
|
How should privatization affect the
control of force? |
45 |
|
State contracts for private force |
57 |
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State regulation of private security |
65 |
|
Non-state financing and the control
of force |
70 |
|
Methods and claims |
77 |
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| 3 |
State capacity and contracting for security |
81 |
|
Sierra Leone's contracts for
military services |
82 |
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Croatia's contracts for military
services |
98 |
|
US contracts for military services |
113 |
|
Comparisons |
138 |
|
| 4 |
Dilemmas in state regulation of private security
exports |
143 |
|
The United States |
146 |
|
South Africa |
157 |
|
The United Kingdom |
167 |
|
Transnational markets and political
trade-offs |
175 |
|
| 5 |
Private financing for security and the control of
force |
178 |
|
Transnational corporate financing and the
control of force |
180 |
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Humanitarian relief in war zones |
192 |
|
Conserving nature in the state of
nature |
204 |
|
Comparisons |
215 |
|
| 6 |
Market mechanisms and the diffusion of control over
force |
219 |
|
Market mechanisms |
219 |
|
Diffusion of control |
228 |
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Institutional innovations |
240 |
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Competing mechanisms, conflict, and change
in history |
245 |
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Discussion |
251 |
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| 7 |
Conclusion |
253 |
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Institutional mechanisms and political
processes |
254 |
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Globalization, the state, and the sovereign system |
257 |
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| Bibliography |
265 |
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| Index |
302 |
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