This book offers new insights and original empirical research on private military and security companies (PMSCs), including China’s negotiation approach to governance, an account of Nigeria’s first engagement with regulatory cooperation under the threat of Boko Haram, and a study of PMSCs in Ebola-hit Western Africa. The author engages with concepts and theories from IR, Political Economy, and African studies—like regime, forum shopping, and extraversion—to describe what shapes state choices in national and international fora. The volume clarifies and spells out the needed questions and definitions and proposes a synthesis of how regime formation is shaped by ideas, interests, and institutions, starting from the proposition that regulatory cooperation consists in facilitating the acceptance and use of a single identifier for private military and security companies.
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Review
“Private security companies are becoming an ever-greater part of how states wage war and manage internal security threats. Yet, they remain largely unregulated, posing legal and political challenges that impact international affairs. In this incisive book, Marco Boggero relies on theoretical insights of international relations and evidence from important cases to provide a rich analysis of the problem of regulating private security within the bounds of international law. This timely book is an excellent starting point for policy makers and academics alike in grappling within a critical challenge.” (Vali Nasr, Dean, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA)
“The book makes an important contribution to our understanding the evolving and contested norm regarding reliance and governance of PMSCs. Inclusion of critical understudied cases in Africa is particularly important due to the tensions they illustrate between the historical sensitivity to mercenaries and current security challenges confronting weak states.” (Renée de Nevers, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA)
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This book offers new insights and original empirical research on private military and security companies (PMSCs), including China’s negotiation approach to governance, an account of Nigeria’s first engagement with regulatory cooperation under the threat of Boko Haram, and a study of PMSCs in Ebola-hit Western Africa. The author engages with concepts and theories from IR, Political Economy, and African studies―like regime, forum shopping, and extraversion―to describe what shapes state choices in national and international fora. The volume clarifies and spells out the needed questions and definitions and proposes a synthesis of how regime formation is shaped by ideas, interests, and institutions, starting from the proposition that regulatory cooperation consists in facilitating the acceptance and use of a single identifier for private military and security companies.
Marco Boggero  teaches global policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA.

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Boggero, Marco

Palgrave Macmillan Springer [Distributor

Springer International Publishing, Cham

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

New York : Secaucus, Feb. 2018

1st ed. 2018, Cham, 2018

Switzerland, Switzerland

Feb 16, 2018

Memory of the World Librarian: Calamitous Annunciation

Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List Of Abbreviations And Acronyms; List Of Figures; List Of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Complexity Of Naming; 1.1.1 Definitions; 1.1.2 â#x80;#x9c;who Is It That Can Tell Me Who I Am?â#x80;#x9d;; 1.1.3 Pmsc As A Permanent Inherited Patronym; 1.2 Approach And Aims; 1.2.1 Research Design; 1.2.2 Social Norms In Pmsc Governance; 1.2.3 Norms (ii): Defining Mercenary And The Anti-ÂƯmercenary Norm; 1.2.4 Norms (iii): Content And Direction Anti-mercenary Norm; 1.2.5 Norms (iv): Theoretical Expectation On The Anti-ÂƯmercenary Norm; 1.2.6 Interests 1.2.7 Institutions1.3 Methodology; References; Part I: Ideas, Interests, And Institutions; Chapter 2: The Swiss Initiative; 2.1 Content And Significance; 2.2 Origins; 2.2.1 Actors; 2.2.2 Norms: First Stage Of The Initiative; 2.3 Second Stage Of The Initiative; 2.3.1 International Aspirations; 2.3.2 Swiss Domestic Politics; 2.3.3 Final Stage: Montreux And The Icoc; 2.4 Argument In Historical Perspective; 2.4.1 The Soft Power Of Institutions; 2.4.2 Neutrality In Comparative Perspective; 2.4.3 Neutrality In Action: Between Pro And Anti-americanism; 2.4.4 Icrc Under Attack 2.4.5 Ambiguity And Risks For Icrc2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The United Nations As Actor Of Governance; 3.1 Un Practices And Policies; 3.1.1 Evolution Of Practices; 3.1.1.1 Significance; 3.1.1.2 Demand For Security In African Crisis; 3.1.1.3 Limits To The Expansion Of Private Peacekeeping; 3.1.1.4 Policy Development For Operations; 3.2 Un As Lawmaker; 3.2.1 Influence Of The Anti-mercenary Norm: From An Unworkable Definition To A Slow Transition; 3.2.2 How The Anti-mercenary Norm Is Still Influential; 3.2.2.1 The Transition 3.2.2.2 Norm On The Monopoly On Violence3.3 Organizational Contingencies; 3.4 The Draft Convention; 3.4.1 Origins And Aims; 3.4.2 The Draft Convention And Montreux; 3.4.3 Prospects And Challenges For The Draft Convention; 3.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Testing Pmsc Norms; 4.1 Montreux + 5; 4.1.1 Case Selection; 4.2 Attitudes And Expectations; 4.3 Implementation Of Reforms; 4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Designing Institutions: The Role Of The State In Voluntary Regulation; 5.1 Potential Of Voluntary Regulation; 5.1.1 Three Innovations 5.2 The Challenges In Implementation5.3 State Behavior; 5.3.1 Variation In Costs Of Forum Shopping; 5.3.2 Proliferation Of Standards; 5.4 Conclusion; References; Part Ii: Boundaries Of Regime Construction; Preamble; Relevance Of Ir, Norms, And Regime For Africa; Evolution Of The Anti-mercenary Norm; Pmscs In Africa; Chinese Pmscs And African Agency; References; Chapter 6: Contestation Or Accommodation; 6.1 What Is Meant By Foreign Enlistment And Third Country Nationals; 6.2 Existing Explanations For Foreign Enlistment; 6.3 What Aggravated The Anti-mercenary Norm Marco Boggero. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Annotation This text offers new insights and original empirical research on private military and security companies (PMSCs), including China's negotiation approach to governance, an account of Nigeria's first engagement with regulatory cooperation under the threat of Boko Haram, and a study of PMSCs in Ebola - hit Western Africa. The author engages with concepts and theories from IR, Political Economy, and African studies - like regime, forum shopping, and extraversion - to describe what shapes state choices in national and international fora. The volume clarifies and spells out the needed questions and definitions and proposes a synthesis of how regime formation is shaped by ideas, interests, and institutions, starting from the proposition that regulatory cooperation consists in facilitating the acceptance and use of a single identifier for private military and security companies

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