Private military and security companies, territoriality and the transformation of western security governance

摘要: The field of security governance holds a special place within the context debate over diffusion power from state to non-state actors, national international authorities and governments markets in Western democracies. Not only has provision ‘public good’ been considered one main functions government, but also it played major role justifying centralization authority by nation-state (Leander, 2006; Krahmann, 2010). contemporary proliferation private military companies, that is, companies sell armed non-armed services public customers, poses particular challenge state-centric notions global governance. Of course, commercial providers are not new. Businesses have always security, whether as mercenaries, armaments producers or logistics suppliers conflicts. increasingly scale industry, its functional expansion into areas previously be ‘inherently governmental’ well their growing use individuals business however, suggest significant transformation since ‘golden age’ mid-twentieth century (Leibfried et al., 2008; Hogan, 2000; Edgerton, 2006). Notably, 80 per cent customers corporations, suggesting security.