The Globalisation of Private Security

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Title:
The Globalisation of Private Security
When:
10 January, 2007 - 10 January, 2007
Where:
Brunei Gallery, SOAS - London
Category:
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The Globalisation of Private Security 
January 10th 2007, 6pm
Room B104, Brunei Gallery, SOAS 

Speaker           Dr Rita Abrahamsen, University of Aberystwyth

Chair                Dr Chris Cramer, SOAS

 

The parallel process of privatisation and globalisation is of particular importance in developing countries, where the unwillingness and/or inability of the state to provide security have long been sources of concern. What is the impact of security privatisation in sub-Saharan Africa. How is legitimacy and stability in weak states affected when the core public good of security is delivered by private, sometimes transnational, actors rather than the state? Who is secured, or rendered less secure, by these developments? What is driving this process of privatisation and globalisation, and does it promise greater security or insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa? 

Venue

Venue:
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
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