From market for force to market for peace: private military and security companies in peacekeeping operations

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Title:	From market for force to market for peace: private military and security companies in peacekeeping operations
Editor:	Gumedze, Sabelo
Year:	2011
Issue:	183
Pages:	127
Language:	English
Series:	ISS monograph
City of publisher:	Pretoria
Publisher:	Institute for Security Studies
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	private security services peacekeeping operations
External link:	https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Mono183.pdf
Abstract:	This study contributes to the debate on the use of private military and security companies (PMSCs). Its specific focus is on the proliferation of these private actors in peacekeeping operations on the African continent. Contents: Introduction (Sabelo Gumedze); Unorthodox peacekeepers and responses in Africa (Azeez O. Olaniyan); The market for peace (Eric George); Moralpolitik and realpolitik: seeking common ground on the use of private military and security companies (Thembani Mbadlanyana); Private military/security companies and peacebuilding in West Africa Chris M.A. Kwaja); Legal perspective: do private military companies have a legitimate place in peacepeeking? (Dan Kuwali). [ASC Leiden abstract]