The transnational security consultancy industry: A case of state-corporate symbiosis

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-210

  O'reilly, Conor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

global insecurities; informal networks; risk; symbiosis; transnational policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953173665     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609355702     Document Type: Article

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