The Private Security Events Database
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Avant (0000-0003-4881-2377, University of Denver), Kara Kingma Neu (0000-0001-9608-0647, University of Denver, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1986-2006 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002718824394 |
| OpenAlex | W4240237742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 30 |
Since the 1990s, the private provision of military and security services has become a common feature of local, national, and transnational politics. The prevalence of private security has generated important questions about its consequences, but data to answer these questions are sparse. In this article, we introduce the Private Security Events Database (PSED) that traces the involvement of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in events in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia from 1990 to 2012. We describe the PSED project, highlight its descriptive findings, conduct a replication and reanalysis of Akcinaroglu and Radziszewski’s contract data in Africa, and compare the two databases’ coverage of Sierra Leone from 1991 to 1997. Our analysis demonstrates new insights into the relationship between PMSCs and civil war duration, confirming a correlation between PMSC presence and shorter conflicts, but questioning the logic Akcinaroglu and Radziszewski propose. It also points to a number of productive paths for future research
Computer security · Database · Development economics · Economics · Latin Americans · National security · Political science · Politics · Sierra leone · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy · Public Administration
Conceptualizing private military and security companies
The Impact of Commercial Military Actors on Armed Conflict Termination, 1990–2010
Commercial Military Actors and Civilian Victimization in Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, 1980–2011
The Outsourcing of State Security
Private military and security companies and human rights abuses
Private military and security companies, corporate structure, and levels of violence in Iraq
Sexual violence in the shadows
Violence as a Condition
The Commercial Military Actor Database
Private Military and Security Companies and the European Union as an Enmeshed Security and Defence Actor
Policing and Political Violence
Delegating violence in democracies
Repositioning of war
Victory for Hire
Mercenaries
States, Citizens and the Privatisation of Security
Mercenaries
Corporate Soldiers and International Security
The Market for Force
Diamonds are forever … but so also are controversies
The Privatization of Security and Change in the Control of Force
Private military and security companies, contract structure, market competition, and violence in Iraq
Social Conflict in Africa
Precedents, Progress, and Prospects in Political Event Data
Mercenary intervention in Sierra Leone
A Third Oil Crisis
The Privatization of Security
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
The utility of reuters for events analysis in area studies
The Problem of Source Coverage in the Use of International Events Data
Private Military Companies, Opportunities, and Termination of Civil Wars in Africa
Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), Military Effectiveness, and Conflict Severity in Weak States, 1990–2007
Pragmatic Networks and Transnational Governance of Private Military and Security Services
Private Security and Democracy
Integrated Data for Events Analysis (Idea)
The Market for Force and Public Security
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |