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The Markets for Force compares the markets for private military and security services across the globe, examining how local markets evolve and interact with regional politics and geostrategic context.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
The Markets for Force compares the markets for private military and security services across the globe, examining how local markets evolve and interact with regional politics and geostrategic context. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | 7 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812291438 |
| Index Number: | HV8290 |
| CLC: | D771.235 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword / 1. Introduction / 2. Diverse Markets for Force in Latin America: From Argentina to Guatemala / 3. Th e Military Protection Markets in Peru and Ecuador: A Detailed Analysis / 4. The Market for Force in the United Kingdom: The Recasting of the Monopoly of Violence and the Management of Force as a Public- Private Enterprise Carlos Ortiz -- 5. The Market for Private Force in the Czech Republic / 6. Informal but Diverse: The Market for Exported Force from Russia and Ukraine / 7. The Markets for Force in Afghanistan / 8. China s Managed Market for Force / 9. The Canadian Market for Force / 10. The Market for Force in the United States / 11. The Causes and Consequences of Different Types of Markets for Force / Appendix: Testing the Relative Explanatory Power of the "Market Types" Argument` / List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |