Private Military and Security Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil-military Relations

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Summary

This edited book provides an interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art overview of the growing phenomenon of private military companies.

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Introduction: The Ethics and Governance of Private Military and Security Companies
Ethics
What Are Mercenaries?
Of 'Mercenaries' and Prostitutes: Can Private Warriors be Ethical?
Regulating Anarchy: The Ethics of PMCs in Global Civil Society
Benevolence, Honourable Soldiers, and Private Military Companies: Reformulating Just War Theory
Private Security Companies and Corporate Social Responsibility
Policies and Law
Mars Meets Mammon
Private Military Companies: Markets, Ethics, Economics
Ruthless Humanitarianism: Why Marginalizing Private Peacekeeping Kills People
Private Security Companies and Intelligence Provision
Private Actors and the Governance of Security in West Africa
Private Military/Security Companies: The Status of their Staff and their Obligations under International Humanitarian Law and the Responsibilities of States in Relation to their Operations
Regulating Private Military and Security Companies: The U.S. Approach
Civil-Military Relations
Privatization of Security, International Interventions and the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Privatized Peace? Assessing the Interplay between States, Humanitarians, and Private Security Companies
The Military and the Community: Comparing National Military Forces and Private Military Companies
Interface Ethics: Military Forces and Private Military Companies
The New Model Soldier and Civil-Military Relations
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