The routledge research companion to security outsourcing / Edited by Joakim Berndtsson, University of Gothenburg, Christopher Kinsey, King's College London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supporting the Troops : Military Contracting in the United States / Martha Lizabeth Phelps -- Outsourcing Military Logistics and Security Services : the Case of the United Kingdom / Christopher Kinsey -- Dissecting Military and Security Outsourcing in Canada's Expeditionary Culture : Afghanistan and the Future / Christopher Spearin -- Coercion and Capital in Afghanistan : The Rise, Transformation and Fall of the Afghan Commercial Security Sector / Christian Olsson -- "Pacifist" Approach to Military Contracting : How German History Explains its Limited Use of Private Security Companies / Birthe Anders -- Evolution of Private Force / Sean McFate -- Money for nothing? Contractor Support from an Economic Perspective / Eugenio Cusumano -- Critical Perspectives on Military Markets / Anna Leander -- Outsourcing and Risk : From the Known to the Unknown / Elke Krahmann -- Merchants of Security : Private Security Companies, Strategy and the Quest for Power / Marcus Mohlin -- Contractors and the Law of Armed Conflict / Malcolm Hugh Patterson -- Contract Law as Cover : Curtailing the Scope of Private Military and Security Contractor Responsibilities / Hin-Yan Liu -- Socially Responsible Security Providers? Analysing Norm Internalisation among Private Security Providers / Aileen Acheson -- Regulating Human Rights in the Context of Outsourcing Military Logistics and Armed Security / Sorcha MacLeod -- Democratic States, War and Private Security Companies : The Ethical Puzzles / Mervyn Frost -- Contractor as the New Cosmopolitan Soldier / Andreas Krieg -- Is it Ethical for States to Prevent their Citizens from Working as TCN Military and Security Contractors? / Deane-Peter Baker -- What is Driving the Outsourcing of Diplomatic Security? / Eugenio Cusumano and Christopher Kinsey -- Reconfiguring Power and Insecurity in the Afghan context : The Consequences of Outsourcing Security in High Risk Societies / Ase Gilje Ostensen -- Industry and Support to UK Contemporary Military Operations : A Practitioner's Strategic Military Perspective / David Shouesmith -- Politics of Outsourcing Military Support Services / Mark Erbel -- Consequences of Outsourcing Military Support Functions / Molly Dunigan -- Culture of Whiteness in Private Security / Amanda Chisholm -- Issue of Gender and Armed Contractors / Jutta Joachim and Andrea Schneiker -- Security Outsourcing And Critical Feminist Inquiry : Taking Stock and Looking Forward / Maria Stern -- Private Maritime Security : Assemblage in a Space of Exception / Alex Gould -- Private Security, Military Professionals and the State / Joakim Berndtsson.

"Conveniently structured into five sections, TheRoutledge research companion to outsourcing securityoffers an overview of the different ways in which states have come to rely on private contractors to support interventions. Part One puts into context the evolution of outsourcing in Western states that are actively involved in expeditionary operations as well as the rise of the commercial security sector in Afghanistan. To explain the various theoretical frameworks that students can use to study security/military outsourcing, Part Two outlines the theories behind security outsourcing. Part Three examines the law and ethics surrounding the outsourcing of security by focusing on how states might monitor contractor behaviour, hold them to account and prosecute them where their behaviour warrants such action. The drivers, politics and consequences of outsourcing foreign policyare covered in Part Four, which is divided into two sections: section one is concerned with armed contractors (providing the provision of private security with the main driver being a capability gap on the part of the military/law enforcement agencies), and section two looks at military contractors (supporting military operations right back to antiquity, less controversial politically and often technologically driven). The final Part takes into consideration emerging perspectives, exploring areas such as gender, feminist methodology, maritime security and the impact of private security on the military profession"--Back cover.