005 |
|
20221101160744.0 |
020 |
|
|a0230246885
|
020 |
|
|a9780230246881
|
024 |
7
|
|a10.1057/9780230246881|2doi
|
040 |
|
|aUKPGM|beng|cUKPGM|dNOU
|
049 |
|
|aAPTA
|
050 |
14
|
|aJZ6374|b.P36 2009
|
082 |
04
|
|a341.5/84|222
|
100 |
1
|
|aPatterson, Malcolm Hugh,|d1959-
|
245 |
10
|
|aPrivatising peace|h[electronic resource] :|ba corporate adjunct to United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian operations /|cMalcolm Hugh Patterson.
|
260 |
|
|aBasingstoke, U.K. ;|aNew York, N.Y. :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2009.
|
300 |
|
|axiv, 260 p. :|bill. ;|c23 cm.
|
504 |
|
|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 232-252) and index.
|
505 |
0
|
|aIntroduction -- Alternatives to ad hoc sovereign forces -- From mercenary to UN contractor? -- The public-private security environment -- Other industry aspects -- A modest proposal -- Conclusion.
|
520 |
|
|aThe history of United Nations peacekeeping is largely one of failure. The causes are endemic,persistent and unlikely to be remedied. It seems reasonable to consider two ideas in response: whether ad hoc peacekeepers might be augmented or even replaced by competent contract labour; and whether well-trained contractors might in future subdue by force those who inflict gross human rights abuses on others. Alternatives to ad hoc forces are not new. Nevertheless, theoretical or practical substitutes have not been evaluated alongside the merits of a private corporation. Military contractors are frequently misrepresented as an affrontto states' authority. This is misleading. There has neverbeen a cleardivide between public and private resources in armed conflict and states have always employed both. There exists no compelling reason why theUN should not devise modern contracts that evolve from historically ubiquitous arrangements amongst its members and their more ancient predecessors.
|
533 |
|
|aElectronic reproduction.|bBasingstoke, England :|cPalgrave Macmillan,|d2010.|nMode of access:World Wide Web.|nSystem requirements: Web browser.|nTitle from title screen (viewed on Apr. 12, 2010).|nAccess may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
|
650 |
0
|
|aMercenary troops.
|
650 |
0
|
|aPeacekeeping forces.
|
650 |
0
|
|aPrivate military companies.
|
650 |
0
|
|aPrivate security services.
|
655 |
7
|
|aElectronic books.|2local
|
710 |
2
|
|aPalgrave Connect (Online service)
|
776 |
1
|
|cOriginal|z9780230224254|z0230224253|w(DLC) 2009044243|w(OCoLC)459211092
|
809 |
|
|pEB|dJZ6374|eP318|y2009
|
856 |
40
|
|3Palgrave Connect|uhttp://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230246881|zaccess to fulltext (Palgrave)
|