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States, Citizens and the Privatisation of Security

Paperback • 2010 • English • 1. edition

States, Citizens and the Privatisation of Security

By Elke Krahmann

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Recent years have seen a growing role for private military contractors in national and international security. To understand the reasons for this, Elke Krahmann examines changing models of the state, the citizen and the soldier in the UK, the US and Germany. She focuses on both the national differences with regard to the outsourcing of military services to private companies and their specific consequences for the democratic control over the legitimate use of armed force. Tracing developments and...Show more

Political structure and processes
Military administration

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ISBN

9780521125192

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

States, Citizens and the Privatisation of Security

Format

Paperback

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