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Private Military and Security Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations book cover

1st Edition

Private Military and Security Companies Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations

Edited By Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker, Marina Caparini Copyright 2008
292 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge
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Over the past twenty years, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have become significant elements of national security arrangements, assuming many of the functions that have traditionally been undertaken by state armies. Given the centrality of control over the use of coercive force to the functioning and identity of the modern state, and to international order, these developments... Read more

Introduction: The Ethics and Governance of Private Military and Security Companies Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker and Marina Caparini  Part 1: Ethics  1. What Are Mercenaries? Uwe Steinhoff  2. Of ‘Mercenaries’ and Prostitutes: Can Private Warriors be Ethical? Deane-Peter Baker  3. Regulating Anarchy: The Ethics of PMCs in Global Civil Society Mervyn Frost  4. Benevolence, Honourable Soldiers, and Private Military Companies: Reformulating Just War Theory Joseph Runzo  5. Private Security Companies and Corporate Social Responsibility Christopher Kinsey  Part 2: Policies and Law  6. Mars Meets Mammon Andrew Alexandra  7. Private Military Companies: Markets, Ethics, Economics Jurgen Brauer  8. Ruthless Humanitarianism: Why Marginalizing Private Peacekeeping Kills People Doug Brooks and Matan Chorev  9. Private Security Companies and Intelligence Provision Dominick Donald  10. Private Actors and the Governance of Security in West Africa Ade Ebo  11. Private Military/Security Companies: The Status of their Staff and their Obligations under International Humanitarian Law and the Responsibilities of States in Relation to their Operations Emanuela-Chiara Gillard  12. Regulating Private Military and Security Companies: The U.S. Approach Marina Caparini  Part 3: Civil–Military Relations  13. Privatization of Security, International Interventions and the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Herbert Wulf  14. Privatized Peace? Assessing the Interplay between States, Humanitarians, and Private Security Companies Christopher Spearin  15. The Military and the Community: Comparing National Military Forces and Private Military Companies Jessica Wolfendale  16. Interface Ethics: Military Forces and Private Military Companies Asa Kasher  17. The New Model Soldier and Civil–Military Relations Elke Krahmann 


 

 

Biography

Andrew Alexandra is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne

Deane-Peter Baker is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and is also Director of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Strategic Studies Group.

Marina Caparini is Senior Fellow in DCAF’s Research Division, where she works on issues of accountability and oversight of the security sector.

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