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Krahmann, Elke.

States, Citizens and the Privatization of Security / States, citizens, and the privatization of security Elke Krahmann. - Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xi, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-301) and index.

State monopoly on violence and the democratic control over military force -- The transformation of the state and the soldier -- United Kingdom: private financing and the management of security -- United States: shrinking the state, outsourcing the soldier -- Germany: between public-private partnerships and conscription -- Iraq and beyond: contractors in deployed operations -- The future of democratic security: contractorization or cosmopolitanism?

ISBN: 9780521110198 (hbk.) 052111019X (hbk.) 9780521125192 (pbk.) 0521125197 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009042810

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA9A8575 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015414993 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
National security--Case studies.
Security, International--Case studies.
Contracting out--Case studies.
Private military companies--Case studies.
State, The--Case studies.
Civil-military relations--Case studies.
Democracy--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Military policy.
United States--Military policy.
Germany--Military policy.

LC Class. No.: UA10.5 / .K73 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 355.354 / KRA