《THE MARKER FOR FORCE THE CONSEQUENCES OF PRIVATIZING SECURITY》

1Introduction1

Private security and the control of force: the question3

Private security and the control of force: the answer5

A Transnational market for military and security services7

Mercenaries, privatization, and other slippery terms22

The current market compared26

Why the current market?30

Plan of the book38

2Private security and the control of force40

Clarifying the control of force40

How should privafization affect the control of force?45

State contracts for private force57

State regulation of private security65

Non-state financing and the control of force70

Methods and claims77

3State capacity and contracting for security81

Sierra Leone's contracts for military services82

Croatia's contracts for military services98

US contracts for military services113

Comparisons138

4Dilemmas in state regulation of private security exports143

The United States146

South Africa157

The United Kingdom167

Transnafional markets and political trade-offs175

5Private financing for security and the control of force178

Transnational corporate financing and the control of force180

Humanitarian relief in war zones192

Conserving nature in the state of nature204

Comparisons215

6Market mechanisms and the diffusion of control over force219

Market mechanisms219

Diffusion of control228

Institutional innovations240

Competing mechanisms, conflict, and change in history245

Discussion251

7Conclusion253

Institutional mechanisms and political processes254

Globalization, the state, and the sovereign system257

Bibliography265

Index302