The new political economy of private security

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-101

  White, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; culture; economics; legitimacy; market; politics; private security; state; structure policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857775244     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480611410903     Document Type: Article

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