Private Security Contractors in the Debate about Darfur
Reflecting and Reinforcing Neo-Liberal Governmentality
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4445158 |
|---|---|
| Autores | A Leander (0000-0002-0237-9507, Copenhagen Business School), Rens Van Munster (0000-0001-9630-7397, University of Southern Denmark) |
| Año | 2007 |
| Volumen | 21 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 201-216 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0047117807077004 |
| OpenAlex | W2042054511 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 56 |
This article explores the loud presence of private security contractors in the evolving and buoyant discussion surrounding Darfur. Relying primarily on statements by security contractors and industry lobby organizations, this article suggests that neo-liberal governmentality has bolstered the expert status of security contractors in the discussions surrounding Darfur. Both in Darfur and more widely, neo-liberal governmentality tends to `depoliticize' security as public debate narrowly focuses on the technicalities and costs of military solutions, while alternative political options, local knowledge and diplomatic alternatives become marginalized. Consequently, public debate may be intense (as is certainly true for Darfur) but lopsidedly centred on security restrictively understood. The depoliticizing trend tied to neo-liberal governmentality is an important change in security governance in Darfur of course, but also in Africa more broadly and beyond. However, since it works through what the editors of this issue refer to as the `complex relations between public and private, state and civil society actors' it tends to eschew analyses assuming that privatization is significant only when and if it undermines public authority and control. The account here testifies to the importance of changes in governance that involve public and private actors alike
Civil society · Corporate governance · Economics · Governmentality · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
Transparency from Space
As Empresas Militares Privadas e o peacekeeping
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Propuesta metodológica para un estudio de gubernamentalidad
Military Privatization and the Remasculinization of the State
Privatizing War
From Expert Communities to Epistemic Arrangements
NGOs as Norm Takers
Drone warfare and the limits of sacrifice
Assembling Publics
The post-politics of public-private security governance
Outsourcing the responsibility to protect
Hiding in plain sight
No Words will Deliver Anything
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Common knowledge? Business intellectuals, BRIC and the production of knowledge across global finance and international relations
Theorising the use of private military and security companies
The transnational security consultancy industry
The False Promise of Multi-stakeholder Governance
The regulation of private military and security companies
Twittering for talent
Global corporate crime-fighters
Learning from Israel? ‘26/11’ and the anti-politics of urban security governance
Capitalizing on emergence
Of ‘true professionals’ and ‘ethical hero warriors’
Military gender integration and foreign policy in the United States
Like a thief in the night
From performance to performativity
All for one and one in all
The Ethics of Arming Rebels
Creating a governable reality
The Role of Private Military Companies in US-Africa Policy
Public/Private, Global/Local
Security Beyond the State
Local dynamics of security in Africa
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The same as it never was? Uncertainty and the changing contours of international law
War and peace
Free Us from Power
NGOs – die besseren Unternehmen oder business as usual
Between Public and Private
The limits of governmentality
Weapons of mass participation
Advancing private security studies
What does gender got to do with it? PMSCs and privatization of security revisited
Ontological theorizations in critical security studies
Smooth security. Creative adaptation, mimicry and deception in everyday securityscapes
NGOs and the price of governance
Mobility and the Model
The legitimacy of private transnational governance
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| Obras citantes distintas | 56 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 3,11 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 51 |