Add to ORKGPrivate security services are gaining importance in the general provision of security. This Policy Brief argues that what we are seeing is not simply the transfer of security functions or responsibilities from the public sector to the private sector, but an overall expansion in both private and public security. Against this background, the paper examines the provision of security as a commodity, which can give rise to different ethical dilemmas related to accountability, transparency and other issues of ‘good governance’
The aim of this special issue is to widen the existing debates on security privatization by looking ...
This chapter discusses the normative complexity of private security. It critically debates the stigm...
"Since the end of the Cold War, the broadening notion of security and new security threats have faci...
Private security services are gaining importance in the general provision of security. This Policy B...
The state monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in Europe and North America has been central to...
The global private security industry has rapidly increased over the past tenyears. The dynamics of i...
This literature review, by Jelle van Buuren of the Free University of Amsterdam, reveals that there ...
The state monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in Europe and North America has been central to...
This paper argues that security belongs to a specific category of commodities: “contested commoditie...
The European private security sector has grown from a handful of small companies at the end of the S...
The aim of this special issue is to widen the existing debates on security privatization by looking ...
When defining the absence of a threat as an economic good, it is necessary to define this good using...
Increased levels of uptake from the commercial security sector by national governments in the post-9...
The proliferation of private security companies has received increasing public and academic attentio...
In this article we draw upon our recent research into security consumption to answer two questions:...
The aim of this special issue is to widen the existing debates on security privatization by looking ...
This chapter discusses the normative complexity of private security. It critically debates the stigm...
"Since the end of the Cold War, the broadening notion of security and new security threats have faci...
Private security services are gaining importance in the general provision of security. This Policy B...
The state monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in Europe and North America has been central to...
The global private security industry has rapidly increased over the past tenyears. The dynamics of i...
This literature review, by Jelle van Buuren of the Free University of Amsterdam, reveals that there ...
The state monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in Europe and North America has been central to...
This paper argues that security belongs to a specific category of commodities: “contested commoditie...
The European private security sector has grown from a handful of small companies at the end of the S...
The aim of this special issue is to widen the existing debates on security privatization by looking ...
When defining the absence of a threat as an economic good, it is necessary to define this good using...
Increased levels of uptake from the commercial security sector by national governments in the post-9...
The proliferation of private security companies has received increasing public and academic attentio...
In this article we draw upon our recent research into security consumption to answer two questions:...
The aim of this special issue is to widen the existing debates on security privatization by looking ...
This chapter discusses the normative complexity of private security. It critically debates the stigm...
"Since the end of the Cold War, the broadening notion of security and new security threats have faci...