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Das Buch liefert in komprimierter Form einen Uberblick uber die wichtigsten unterschiedlichen theoretischen Zugriffe auf Sicherheit in den Internationalen Beziehungen und erlautert, was daraus fur die wissenschaftliche Analyse relevanter Akteure, Strukturen und Prozesse folgt. Dies wird anhand konkreter Beispiele illustriert. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf Sicherheitsakteuren, -strukturen und -prozessen jenseits des Staates.

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This volume provides researchers and students with a discussion of a broad range of methods and their practical application to the study of non-state actors in international security.

All researchers face the same challenge, not only must they identify a suitable method for analysing their research question, they must also apply it. This volume prepares students and scholars for the key challenges they confront when using social-science methods in their own research. To bridge the gap between knowing methods and actually employing them, the book not only introduces a broad range of...

This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs).

Using a content analysis of the web pages of 40 transnational US-based and British companies, the book argues that in light of, on the one hand, an increasingly competitive industry and, on the other hand, a diverse range of public and private actors delivering security services, PMSCs ensure their survival not only through market shares, mergers or effectiveness, but also by appropriating different identities. First, they claim accepted forms of masculinities for...

Increasingly humanitarian NGOs operate in the context of armed conflicts where the security risks are higher than in contexts of natural disaster. Working in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka is particularly dangerous for humanitarians. This existential threat affects the physical existence of aid workers and the implementation of humanitarian programs, and the core beliefs of humanitarians and the underlying principles of humanitarian action. For NGOs it is difficult to accept that they are attacked despite their good intentions, sometimes even by the very...