Regulating US Private Security Contractors

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-11240-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 225 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 428 g

This book explores different aspects of the regulation of private security contractors working for governments. The author specifically examines the US, identifying the obstacles that have hindered US regulatory outcomes. Theoretical discussions, supported by conceptual analysis of Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice, are applied to analysis based on interviews with current and former employees of key stakeholders. By analyzing the political, bureaucratic, and organizational obstacles to the implementation of consistent and enforceable regulations, Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito points to creative possibilities for future use of her conceptual framework.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jezdimirovic Ranito, Jovana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. How and Why We Must Care About Regulation?.- 3. Letting Go of Neoliberal Constraints: Learning from the Regulatory Process.- 4. Deconstructing Conventional Wisdom.- 5. Political, Bureaucratic, and Organizational Obstacles in Regulation of the PSCs.- 6. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Porto, Portugal. Her work focuses on the intersection of public and private security.