| ID | 109464 |
| Title Proper | Private security and the public-private divide |
| Other Title Information | contested lines of distinction and modes of governance in the Stockholm-Arlanda security assemblage |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Berndtsson, Joakim ; Stern, Maria |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The increasing privatization of security and the changing patterns of security governance call into question the foundational lines of demarcation between the "public" and "private." This article investigates how key actors in the security assemblage at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport make sense of their roles in relation to public-private distinctions. While central to the ways in which security actors understand themselves and each other, closer inspection reveals that the drawing of these lines is also highly ambivalent and contested-in relation to questions of control and regulation, authority, as well as security rationalities. Further, "private-private" and "public-public" contestations also are informed by the obdurate public-private distinction. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Political Sociology Vol. 5, No. 4; Dec 2011: p.408-425 |
| Journal Source | International Political Sociology Vol. 5, No. 4; Dec 2011: p.408-425 |
| Key Words | Private Security ; Stockholm - Arlanda Security Assemblage ; Governance ; Privatization of Security |