Essays about: "private monopoly of violence"

Found 2 essays containing the words private monopoly of violence.

  1. 1. “A Dagger Through the Skull and Nothing to the Wallet“

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Hahn; [2012]
    Keywords : squatter society; Rio de Janeiro; Social contract; civil- military relations; private monopoly of violence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : “A dagger through the skull and nothing to the wallet“ is a common expression for the situation in the squatter societies of Rio de Janeiro. It is used equally amongst the residents of the slums or “favelas” as they are called, as well as used by the recently implemented pacifying police force that work there. READ MORE

  3. 2. Privatizing an Uncontested Public Good - The Rise of Transnational Corporate Military Service Provision

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pierre Nikolov; [2009]
    Keywords : Market for Force; Institution; Public Good; Private Good; Path Dependence; New Institutional Economics; Executive Outcomes; MPRI; Blackwater; KBR; Private Contractor; Private Security Company; Private Military Company; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The provision of military and armed security services typically is the monopoly domain of the state. With the end of the Cold War legitimate private firms, however, expanded as worldwide providers of military and security services. READ MORE