Private Armed Forces and Global Security - A Reference Handbook

Informationen zum Autor Carlos Ortiz , PhD, is a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Klappentext Through an array of theoretical approaches and empirical material, this comprehensive and accessible volume surveys private armed forces and directly challenges conventional stereotypes of security contractors. Private Armed Forces and Global Security: A Guide to the Issues is the first book to provide a comprehensive yet accessible survey of the private military groups involved in conflicts worldwide. Organized around four themes, it covers the history of private military forces since 1600, the main contemporary actors and their defining characteristics, the environments in which private armed forces operate, and provides an analysis of the logic behind privatizing security.This book goes beyond conventional knowledge, offering both a theoretical approach and a new, practical perspective to advance the understanding of the ongoing climate of global instability and relevant players within it. Numerous examples help the reader grasp the full range of real-world challenges and conceptual facets surrounding this fascinating, yet highly polarizing topic. Zusammenfassung Through an array of theoretical approaches and empirical material! this comprehensive and accessible volume surveys private armed forces and directly challenges conventional stereotypes of security contractors.

About the author

Carlos Ortiz, PhD, is a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Product details

• Authors: Carlos Ortiz, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Ortiz Juan Carlos
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2010
• EAN: 9780313355929
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35592-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Praeger Security International; Praeger Security International; Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, International and Transnational Security; Security Studies