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100 _aTAULBEE James Larry
245 0 4 _aThe privatization of security:
_bmodern conflict, globalization and weak states
260 _c2003
518 _aEntered on 09/APR/2003
520 3 _aPrivatized Defense Service Providers (PDSPs) have emerged as a firmly entrenched feature of contemporary international politics. Placing blame on PDSPs for the woes associated with state disintegration in Africa mistakes symptoms for causes. Failure to establish strong institutional foundations and professional armies when foreign aid resources were more plentiful has undermined the ability of states to respond to the challenges posed by guerrila insurgensies that proliferated in the wake of the end of the Cold War. Caught between the old anti-intervention norm, the new premeability of their borders, demands for reform and disinterest on the part of former sponsors, regimes under stress have limited options. PDSPs do not necessary provide the answer tto the problems generated. Assertions of possibilities ttend to outspace capabilities and ignore politicla limitations. In terms of regulation, national legislation, not a new international convention is the appropriate response.
650 _aPRIVATISED DEFENSE SERVICE PROVIDER
_xPDSP
650 _aPRIVATIZATION OF SECURITY
773 _aCivil Wars:
_gVol.5, No.22, (Summer 2002), pp. 1-24 (110)
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