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Piracy and the Privatisation of Maritime Security: Vessel Protection Policies Compared

Piracy and the Privatisation of Maritime Security: Vessel Protection Policies Compared

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 3030501582
ISBN13: 9783030501587
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jul 29 2021
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

In response to pirate attacks in the Western Indian Ocean, countries worldwide have increasingly authorized the deployment of armed guards from private military and security companies (PMSCs) on merchant ships. This widespread trend contradicts states' commitment to retain a monopoly on violence and discourage the presence of arms on civilian vessels. This book conceptualizes the extensive use of PMSCs as a form of institutional isomorphism, combining the functionalist, ideational, political and organizational arguments used to account for the privatization of security on land into a synthetic explanation of the commercialization of vessel protection.

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