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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Security companies"”.
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An investigation into the impact of private security companies on national security in Namibia
The thesis focussed on the role of private security companies (PSCs) in Namibia. Over the last decade, there has been a substantial growth of private security services and companies both at global and national levels. In Namibia, there has been substantial increase in PSCs which are providing …
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The roles and functions of private security companies in UN Peace Missions - a critical analysis
… master's thesis analyses the roles that private security companies (PSCs) assume during United Nations (UN) peace missions. Following a literary review and contextual development of the PSC industry, this thesis makes use of a qualitative desktop study to examine five UN peace mission case …
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THE USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES BY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
… risky place and retaining a private military and security company. Imagine now that, while rendering military/security services, the private contractors commit crimes against humanity with the help of the firm’s directors and the host State’s public officials. Who is responsible for that? Absent …
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The use of private military and security companies in international society: contestation and legitimation of state practice
… has responded to state practice in the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly, and finally analyses the roles of members of world society in creating and shaping this discourse. The empirical analysis points to two major driving forces behind the increased legitimation of the practice. …
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Blackwater versus Blackbeard : which international regulations exist for the use of private maritime security companies in vessel protection operations?
… risen in the last decades. As a result, shipping companies, governments, insurances and maritime organisations have tried to approach the problem in different ways, the employment of private maritime security companies being one of them. State navies do not have enough resources to cover the vast …
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The Road to Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies: An Analysis of the (Re-)Articulation of the Norms Governing the Legitimate Use of Force
… the end of the Cold War, private military and security companies have gained a prominent place on the international battlefield. In an attempt to reduce monetary and political costs, states have not only outsourced some of the defense functions previously performed by uniformed personnel; they …
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The governance of security in the revanchist city- The case of Cape Town, South Africa
The governance of security in the revanchist city- The case of Cape Town, South Africa Much has been written on the revanchist city (for example Smith, 1996; MacLeod, 2002; Belina and Helms, 2003) and the reclaiming of space from so-called ‘undesirables‘ through the means of the police. Here, the …
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US Government Outsourcing, the Private Military Industry, and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Case Study in Conflict Contracting
… state utilization of private military and security companies (PMSC), using United States Government (USG) outsourcing during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as a case study to investigate how PMSCs influence interstate conflicts. Cost savings are a primary justification for outsourcing. …
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The relationship between job characteristics, decent work, and well-being in South Africa's private security sector
South Africa's private security sector has become amongst the largest in the world. Research has shown that for the largest category of private security employees - security guards – employment tends to be insecure, wages low, working hours long and few have access to social benefits, such as pay …
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Commodification of contingencies. Threat construction in the EU Commission and the commodification of border surveillance
How has immigration been rendered visible as a security issue on the level of the EU, alongside organized crime with trafficking, terrorism and drug smuggling? This paper explores the institutional threat construction of irregular migration in the EU Commission. Furthermore, this paper examines the …
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A Gendered Intersectional Analysis of the Private Security Industry
… through the use of private military and security companies (PMSC's), thus responding to an existing gap in scholarship on this matter. Two methodologies were used for this analysis. The first is a discourse analysis and interviews conducted in the 5th annual assembly of the International …
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Legitimacy in Conflict Contexts: Shifting Rebel Engagement in Sierra Leone and the Presence of Private Contractors
… challenge state rule while private military and security companies (PMSCs) increasingly enter conflict spaces on behalf of a variety of actors, including states seeking to suppress insurgencies. This case study of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) during Sierra Leone’s civil war between …
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“Beyond Guarding: Silent forces in action.” Historical shifts in the South African private security industry, c. 1957-2024
The South African private security industry has grown, over the last seven decades, into one of the largest and most influential industries of this type in the African context. It has surpassed the state’s own policing capacity and is reshaping everyday notions of safety, governance and authority. …
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Corpses, Guns, Penises and Private Military and Security Corporations
… how the work of private military and security companies (PMSCs) comes to matter. The overarching argument is: PMSC work is made to matter through an entanglement of ‘things’, agencies and processes that are not exclusively bound to the needs or desires of clients, regulators or PMSCs …
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Biobank for America
… is constantly being compiled by sophisticated security systems, by lifestyle products, and even by ordinary ATMs. Because private companies, hospitals, for-profit testing facilities, and security companies 'own' the information they collect, it can't work for you. Billions of dollars in grants …
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Adaptive defense against adverserial artificial intelligence at the edge of the cloud using evolutionary algorithms
… of human resources needed to support a system's security. Companies are relying on the cloud to provide that protection, and one of the ways the cloud provides it is through Edge nodes that sit in front of their infrastruture. Edge nodes are the first line of defense against threats to a web …
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SPECIALIZUOTOS STATYBOS VEIKLOS ĮMONIŲ KONKURENCINĖS STRATEGIJOS FORMAVIMAS /
… has revealed that it is purposeful for the companies focusing on security systems installation to take into consideration consumers’ comments, requests and the peculiarities of their behaviour, received during the research, when formulating the competitive strategy. In order to formulate the …
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A tale of two regions – comparative analysis of maritime security in East and West Africa
The maritime environment in general and maritime security in particular have often been neglected in Africa. In recent years, there has been a new focus on maritime issues but the academic literature on the subject is largely related to counter-piracy operations in East Africa and, to some degree, …
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Principles Matter: Humanitarian Assistance to Civilians under IHL
… armed forces/private security companies) but in all cases respect for the principle of distinction is central. In general, special protection for relief actions and actors remains connected to respect for the principles of humanitarian assistance. This has been …
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