Special Operations Forces & Private Security Companies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20139443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carrie Spearin (0000-0001-5322-7397, Royal Military College of Canada, corresponding author), Christopher Spearin |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.2885 |
| OpenAlex | W4238027885 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This article examines the potential role of private security companies as part of a global special forces network. It reveals three factors that may influence the utility of such companies: (1) the industry's largely defensive focus; (2) the implications of serving a humanitarian and development clientele; and (3) the challenges of retired special forces personnel moving to the private sector
Business · Computer security · Economics · Law and economics · Political science · Private security · Computer Science · Military and Defense Studies · Public Administration
Introduction
The Politics of Insecurity
Humanitarian action and peace-keeping operations
Humanitarian action and peace-keeping operations
Private security contractors and new wars
Private security companies
Private security companies and humanitarians
The Wrong Arm of the Law? Public Images of Private Security
Private, Armed and Humanitarian? States, NGOs, International Private Security Companies and Shifting Humanitarianism
Cowboys and Professionals’
Security Professionals for Hire
New Humanitarians? Frame Appropriation through Private Military and Security Companies
The (Arrested) Development of UK Special Forces and the Global War on Terror
Nations in Arms
Security governance and the private military industry in Europe and North America
Why international norms disappear sometimes
Securing the City
| Highly cited | No |
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