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    The Security Sector in Southern Africa

    "The case studies in this monograph begin to close the gap by sketching the political environments that are operative in the selected countries; outlining the constitutional clauses and policy and legal frameworks that govern the security sector; p…

    Cheryl Hendricks

    Takawira Musavengana

    • Policing
    • Private security
    • Democratization
    • Accountability
    230 pages

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    Privatisation of security and military functions and the demise of the Modern Nation-State in Africa

    "The overarching aim of this paper is to interrogate how the increasing commodification of violence, as embodied by the PSI in general, and PMCs in particular, challenges the notion of the Weberian state. That is, whether the privatisation of secur…

    Michelle Small

    • Organised violence
    • Private Security Industry (PSI)
    • Private Security Companies (PSC)
    • Private Military Companies (PMC)
    • Private security
    • Weberian State
    • Privatisation
    • Crimes against peace
    • Peacekeeping forces
    • Public goods
    44 pages

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    Private security: Phantom menace or evil empire

    " The international private military services industry is flourishing around the world, but especially in Africa. Erroneously perceived as rogues, the industry currently relies on commercial contracts but may be more widely used by public and non-go…

    South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

    • Private military service
    • Private security
    • Mercenaries
    • Human rights--Security
    3 pages

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