The Politics of Private Security [electronic resource] : Regulation, Reform and Re-Legitimation /
White, A.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Theory and context -- pt. 2. The politics of private security in Britain -- pt. 3. Comparisons and conclusions.
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.
Criminology.
International relations.
Comparative politics.
Police.
Politics and war.
Political science.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
International Relations.
Comparative Politics.
Policing.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Science.