The Politics of Private Security

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Regulation, Reform and Re-Legitimation, Crime Prevention and Security Management

ISBN: 0230242944
ISBN 13: 9780230242944
Autor: White, A
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: x, 202 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.10.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Charts the rise of private security provision since 1945 – in Britain the private security industry is more than double the size of the police Examines how private security companies have become so prominent, and looks at their relationship to the stateFills a gap by providing a theoretically-informed historical overview of the growth of the private security industry

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Beschreibung

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.

Autorenporträt

ADAM WHITE is Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of York, UK. His research focuses on the governance of security, public policy and the changing nature of the state.

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