Private Military and Security Companies As Legitimate Governors - From Barricades to Boardrooms

List of contents

1 Introduction; 2 PMSC-NGO Interactions, Legitimation, and Norm Entrepreneurship; 3 The ‘First’ PMSCs: Just Warriors or Just Mercenaries?; 4 NGO Discourse – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; 5 Business Discourse: (Re)Framing PMSCs; 6 Norm Entrepreneurship in the Swiss Initiative: From Accounts to Accountability; 7 Norm Entrepreneurship in the International Code of Conduct and the International Code of Conduct Association; 8 Explaining Norm Entrepreneurship in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives; 9 Conclusion

About the author

Berenike Prem is a research fellow at the University of Kiel, Germany.

Summary

This book examines the legitimation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), focusing on the controversy between PMSCs and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Product details

• Authors: Berenike Prem, Berenike (University of Kiel Prem
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781138330436
• ISBN: 978-1-138-33043-6
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Private Security Studies; Routledge Private Security Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution