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Private Security and Identity Politics

Author : Jutta Joachim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317268555
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Private Security and Identity Politics written by Jutta Joachim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency and effectiveness, this book offers an alternative explanation based on an analysis of the online self-presentations of forty-two US- and UK-based companies. PMSCs are shaping how they are perceived and establishing themselves as acceptable and legitimate security actors by eclectically appropriating identities more commonly associated with the military, businesses and humanitarian actors. Depending on their audience and clients’ needs, they can be professional hero warriors, or promise turn-key security solutions based on their exceptional expertise, or, in a similar way to humanitarians, reassure those in need of relief and try to make the world a better place. Rather than being merely public relations, the self-referential assertions of PMSCs are political. Not only do they contribute to a normalization of private security and reinforce an already ongoing blurring of lines between the public and private sectors, they also change what we deem to be ‘security’ and a ‘security actor’. This book will be of much interest to students of private military companies, critical security studies, military studies, security studies and IR.

Security, Identity and Global Governance

Author : Dr. Amrita Banerjee
Publisher : INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE
ISBN 13 : 8196447663
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Security, Identity and Global Governance written by Dr. Amrita Banerjee and published by INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses certain existing issues related to different types of security and identity and how they can be resolved by global governance in contemporary times and its peaceful dimensions including security concerns relevant to the national interest. This book is also an effort to examine the present security situation by identifying variant existing perception that leads to serious problems of vulnerability of sovereign nation- India and the World. The issues discussed here have vital implications over the region’s security that raises pertinent questions related to human security and human survival. The papers are contributed by eminent academicians and scholars and it is presenting most of the relevant topics like- Comprehensive Analysis of Traditional Security Challenges and Praxis: India and the Asia-Pacific Region’s Security Dynamics, The Changing Discourses on Hegemony and Identity and the Future of International Order, An Analytical Study of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Water and Sanitation Sectors in the Indian Economy, Identity Politics from an Indian Perspective, Displacement And Rehabilitation: A Take At G20 Summit In Delhi And Its Consequences, Assessing India-Taiwan relations in the context of the Taiwan Strait Situation, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Challenges and Potential solutions in Indian Perspective, The Impact of Covid-19 on Media and Society, India: Roadmap to Achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030, Child Security and Global Governance, Heath Crisis of Syrians since 2011: An Analysis, Drug Trafficking as Transnational and Non-traditional Threat for India’s Border Security, Child Security and Global Governance, Governance and Education, Maritime Security of India in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges, Capabilities iii and Prospects, German Diaspora In Russia: A Potential Force In International Relations, Identity Politics And Its Impact On Economy (Comparative Analysis), Understanding the Sociology of Healthcare Data Breaches and its Implications to Human Identity and Security in Contemporary Society – A Critical Study, Current South Asian Security-related Issues: Security Problems in the Emergence of the Twenty- first Century, Honour Killing and Social Death In India: A Critical Analysis.

Private Security Companies

Author : Old?ich Bureš
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137477520
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Private Security Companies written by Old?ich Bureš and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents intriguing analysis of the impact of private security companies' practices upon the fields of security and politics in the Czech Republic. It situates cases concerning ABL, the biggest Czech private security company, in the larger social, political, legal and economic contexts of the booming private security business. This company's extensive linkages with Czech politics suggest that the continued absence of specific legislation for the regulation of private security companies' activities is due to too much, rather than too little, political interest in their activities. This is problematic, arguably, because the practices of private security companies have already contributed to a significant transformation of the Czech security field by enhancing the commodification and depoliticization of security, while ABL's use of security methods for political purposes and a business approach to politics have profoundly transformed the field of politics. Reflecting the growing interest in the privatization of security, this timely study unpacks the relationship between politics, business and security in the Czech Republic.

Routledge Handbook of Private Security Studies

Author : Rita Abrahamsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317914333
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Private Security Studies written by Rita Abrahamsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current research on private security and military companies, comprising essays by leading scholars from around the world. The increasing privatization of security across the globe has been the subject of much debate and controversy, inciting fears of private warfare and even the collapse of the state. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the range of issues raised by contemporary security privatization, offering both a survey of the numerous roles performed by private actors and an analysis of their implications and effects. Ranging from the mundane to the spectacular, from secretive intelligence gathering and neighbourhood surveillance to piracy control and warfare, this Handbook shows how private actors are involved in both domestic and international security provision and governance. It places this involvement in historical perspective, and demonstrates how the impact of security privatization goes well beyond the security field to influence diverse social, economic and political relationships and institutions. Finally, this volume analyses the evolving regulation of the global private security sector. Seeking to overcome the disciplinary boundaries that have plagued the study of private security, the Handbook promotes an interdisciplinary approach and contains contributions from a range of disciplines, including international relations, politics, criminology, law, sociology, geography and anthropology. This book will be of much interest to students of private security companies, global governance, military studies, security studies and IR in general.

Security Beyond the State

Author : Rita Abrahamsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139493124
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Security Beyond the State written by Rita Abrahamsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of actors, technologies, norms and discourses. They are embedded in a complex transnational architecture, defying conventional distinctions between public and private, global and local. Drawing on theories of globalization and late modernity, along with insights from criminology, political science and sociology, Security Beyond the State maps the emergence of the global private security sector and develops a novel analytical framework for understanding these global security assemblages. Through in-depth examinations of four African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa – it demonstrates how global security assemblages affect the distribution of social power, the dynamics of state stability, and the operations of the international political economy, with significant implications for who gets secured and how in a global era.

Writing Security

Author : David Campbell
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816622213
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Writing Security written by David Campbell and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Private Military and Security Companies as Legitimate Governors

Author : Berenike Prem
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429826001
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Private Military and Security Companies as Legitimate Governors written by Berenike Prem and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the legitimation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), focusing on the controversy between PMSCs and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). While existing studies disproportionately emphasizes the ability for companies and their clients to dominate and shape perceptions of the industry, this book offers an alternative explanation for the oft-cited normalization of PMSCs and the trend to privatize security by analyzing the changing relationship between PMSCs and NGOs. It uses the concept of ‘norm entrepreneurship’ to elucidate the legitimation game between these two dissimilar actors. Starting from the 1990s, the book shows that the relationship between PMSCs and NGOs has undergone a transition by literally moving from ‘the barricades to the boardrooms’. After years of fierce advocacy and PR campaigns against PMSCs, today both actors increasingly collaborate in multi-stakeholder initiatives, elevating the status of PMSCs from a scorned actor to a trusted partner in the regulation of the industry. The work offers a comprehensive explanation of when and why this kind of collective norm entrepreneurship is likely to occur. This book will be of interest to students of PMSCs, critical security studies, global governance, international norms, and International Relations.

Private Security in Africa

Author : Doctor Paul Higate
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786990288
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Private Security in Africa written by Doctor Paul Higate and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across Africa, growing economic inequality, instability and urbanization have led to the rapid spread of private security providers. While these PSPs have already had a significant impact on African societies, their impact has so far received little in the way of comprehensive analysis. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary approaches, and encompassing anthropology, sociology and political science, Private Security in Africa offers unique insight into the lives and experiences of security providers and those affected by them, as well as into the fragile state context which has allowed them to thrive. Featuring original empirical research and case studies ranging from private policing in South Africa to the recruitment of Sierra Leoneans for private security work in Iraq, the book considers the full implications of PSPs for security and the state, not only for Africa but for the world as a whole.

Gender and Private Security in Global Politics

Author : Maya Eichler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199364404
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Private Security in Global Politics written by Maya Eichler and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume not only argues that security privatisation cannot be fully grasped without a consideration of gender, but presents a framework for studying security privatisation from a critical gender perspective that emphasises intersectionality, multiple scales, and the political nature of PMSCs. Collectively, the chapters in this book demonstrate that gender, in intersection with citizenship, national identity, race, class, and sexuality, is shaped by, at the same time as it helps constitute, the practices of PMSCs and their employees along with public perceptions of PMSCs.

Security, Identity and Interests

Author : Bill McSweeney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521666305
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Security, Identity and Interests written by Bill McSweeney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the central problem of international relations - security - and constructs a novel framework for its analysis.

Social Media and the Armed Forces

Author : Eva Moehlecke de Baseggio
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030475115
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Social Media and the Armed Forces written by Eva Moehlecke de Baseggio and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social media has fundamentally changed communication and interaction in today's society. Apart from being used by individuals, it is also omnipresent in public sector organisations such as the armed forces. This book examines the opportunities and risks associated with social media in the context of the armed forces from an international, social scientific perspective. It discuses the impact of social media in the everyday life of military personnel and analyses the extent to which social media influences their performance, be it as a distraction or as a source of perceived appreciation. It particularly highlights the representation of masculinity and femininity in military social media channels, since the way gender is portrayed on social media has an effect on how future recruits and – at the other end of the military career spectrum – veterans feel they are approached. The book also focuses on the new form of follow-up discussion, which enables the armed forces to interact with the population. On social media, the armed forces are publicly presented, and this shapes the public’s opinions on them. Further, the armed forces can use debates as a monitoring tool of society's attitudes towards them or towards events that have an effect on society. Conversely, social media can lend a voice to military personnel, allowing them to be publicly heard. As discussions on social media can only be controlled to a limited extent, the context in which the armed forces are discussed alters their sphere of influence and potentially leads to a loss of control. An extreme example of this is the use of social media as a tool to strategically distribute misinformation in order to shape public opinion and threaten national security. Moreover, the use of social media to demoralise adversaries or to harm their credibility results in social media being considered a cyber weapon that affects politics and military activities.

Extremism, Radicalization and Security

Author : Julian Richards
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319552031
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Extremism, Radicalization and Security written by Julian Richards and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed application of identity theory to contemporary questions of extremism, radicalization and security. The analysis considers how identity forms a central aspect of notions of extremism and security in Western societies, as articulated both by political leaders, the media and the government. It also takes a close and critical look at counter-extremism policy in contemporary Western society. With its detailed and empirical approach to these questions, this book is an accessible and invaluable resource for academics, practitioners, policy-makers and general readers keen to establish a deeper understanding of the key societal security threats of the day.

The Politics of Protection

Author : Jef Huysmans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134249586
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Protection written by Jef Huysmans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book shows how from the end of the Cold War, the security agenda has been transformed and redefined, academically and politically. It focuses on the theme of protection. It moves away from the dominant question of whom or what is threatening to the crucial questions of who is to be protected, and in the case of conflicting claims, who has the capacity to define whose needs prevail. It also poses the question of political agency in relation to some of the most significant questions raised in relation to the governance of insecurity and protection in the contemporary world. The authors identify and explore issues that challenge or raise a number of questions about the traditional notion that states are to protect their citizens through retaining a monopoly over the legitimate use of violence.

Brown Threat

Author : Kumarini Silva
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452952558
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Brown Threat written by Kumarini Silva and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is “brown” in—and beyond—the context of American identity politics? How has the concept changed since 9/11? In the most sustained examination of these questions to date, Kumarini Silva argues that “brown” is no longer conceived of solely as a cultural, ethnic, or political identity. Instead, after 9/11, the Patriot Act, and the wars in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, it has also become a concept and, indeed, a strategy of identification—one rooted in xenophobic, imperialistic, and racist ideologies to target those who do not neatly fit or subscribe to ideas of nationhood. Interweaving personal narratives, ethnographic research, analyses of popular events like the Miss America pageant, and films and TV shows such as the Harold and Kumar franchise and Black-ish, Silva maps junctures where the ideological, political, and mediated terrain intersect, resulting in an appetite for all things “brown” (especially South Asian brown) by U.S. consumers, while political and nationalist discourses and legal structures (immigration, emigration, migration, outsourcing, incarceration) conspire to control brown bodies both within and outside the United States. Silva explores this contradictory relationship between representation and reality, arguing that the representation mediates and manages the anxieties that come from contemporary global realities, in which brown spaces, like India, Pakistan, and the Middle East pose key economic, security, and political challenges to the United States. While racism is hardly new, what makes this iteration of brown new is that anyone or any group, at any time, can be branded as deviant, as a threat.

The Politics of Private Security

Author : A. White
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230299296
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Private Security written by A. White and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth conceptual and empirical analysis of the political issues, processes and themes associated with private security provision and its growth in the postwar era, examining why private security has become so prominent, what its relationship to the state is and how it can be controlled.

Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History

Author : Alexander Adams
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1788360508
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History written by Alexander Adams and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History surveys the origins, uses and manifestations of iconoclasm in history, art and public culture. It examines the various causes and uses of image/property defacement as a tool of political, national, religious and artistic process. This is one of the first books to examine the outbreak of iconoclasm in Europe and North America in the summer of 2020 in the context of previous outbreaks, and it examines the implications of iconoclasm as a form of control, censorship and expression.

American Awakening

Author : Joshua Mitchell
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1641772832
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book American Awakening written by Joshua Mitchell and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has always been committed to the idea that citizens can work together to build a common world. Today, three afflictions keep us from pursuing that noble ideal. The first and most obvious affliction is identity politics, which seeks to transform America by turning politics into a religious venue of sacrificial offering. For now, the sacrificial scapegoat is the white, heterosexual, man. After he is humiliated and purged, who will be the object of cathartic rage? White women? Black men? Identity politics is the anti-egalitarian spiritual eugenics of our age. It demands that pure and innocent groups ascend, and the stained transgressor groups be purged. The second affliction is that citizens oscillate back and forth, in bipolar fashion, at one moment feeling invincible on their social media platforms and, the next, feeling impotent to face the everyday problems of life without the guidance of experts and global managers. Third, Americans are afflicted by a disease that cannot quite be named, characterized by an addictive hope that they can find cheap shortcuts that bypass the difficult labors of everyday life. Instead of real friendship, we seek social media “friends.” Instead of meals at home, we order “fast food.” Instead of real shopping, we “shop” online. Instead of counting on our families and neighbors to address our problems, we look to the state to take care of us. In its many forms, this disease promises release from our labors, yet impoverishes us all. American Awakening chronicles all of these problems, yet gives us hope for the future.