Private security companies in Iraq and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4032496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trevor Taylor (Royal United Services Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 445-456 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2011.00982.x |
| OpenAlex | W2054167873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The numerical and functional prominence of armed and unarmed contractors on deployed operations has attracted analysis from a range of perspectives, as this collection of works illustrates. In addition to studies which seek to explain the growth in private security contractors' activities in terms of governmental needs, the books examined here consider the possible regulation of this sector and implications for the fundamentals of both national and international political systems. There are also works that throw light on the supply side, looking at the driving personalities behind the growth of Blackwater and the backgrounds of individual contractors. The review also includes an analytical framework for classifying different areas of contractor activities. The books include a range of research approaches and it is clear that the evolving political and managerial reasoning behind the outsourcing of security functions in general means that debate in this area will continue
Business · Computer security · National security · Outsourcing · Personality psychology · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Private security · Public relations · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Marketing · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |