Private Military and Security Companies

Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations

By: Andrew Alexandra (Editor), Marina Caparini (Editor), Deane-Peter Baker (Editor)

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Hardcover | 17 January 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Over the past twenty years, private military companies (PMCs) have become significant elements of national security arrangements, assuming many of the functions that have traditionally been undertaken by state armies. The emergence of PMCs reflects changes wrought by broad geo-political forces, in particular the end of the Cold War, the widespread emergence of internal conflicts throughout the developing world, and the triumph of neo-liberalism among the policy elites of many Western nations. They have rapidly become big business: according to some estimates, they have been the most rapidly growing sector of the international economy over the past decade with an annual turnover well in excess of $US100 billion.

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of PMCs: what they are, why they have emerged in their current form, how they operate, their current and likely future military, political, social and economic impact, and the moral and legal constraints that do and should apply to their operations. It is divided into two sections:

normative/ethical issues raised by the development of PMCs

function and regulation, and their relationships with other institutions.

Private Military Companies will be of much interest to students of private military companies, international security and politics and international relations.

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Introduction: the ethics and governance of private military and security companies	p. 1
Ethics	p. 17
What are mercenaries?	p. 19
Of 'mercenaries' and prostitutes: can private warriors be ethical?	p. 30
Regulating anarchy: the ethics of PMCs in global civil society	p. 43
Benevolence, honourable soldiers and private military companies: reformulating Just War theory	p. 56
Private security companies and corporate social responsibility	p. 70
Policies and law	p. 87
Mars meets Mammon	p. 89
Private military companies: markets, ethics and economics	p. 102
Ruthless humanitarianism: why marginalizing private peacekeeping kills people	p. 116
Private security companies and intelligence provision	p. 131
Private actors and the governance of security in West Africa	p. 143
Private military/security companies: the status of their staff and their obligations under international humanitarian law and the responsibilities of states in relation to their operations	p. 159
Regulating private military and security companies: the US approach	p. 171
Civil-military relations	p. 189
Privatization of security, international interventions and the democratic control of armed forces	p. 191
Privatized peace? Assessing the interplay between states, humanitarians and private security companies	p. 203
The military and the community: comparing national military forces and private military companies	p. 217
Interface ethics: military forces and private military companies	p. 235
The new model soldier and civil-military relations	p. 247
Select bibliography	p. 266
Index	p. 268
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