| ID | 188321 |
| Title Proper | What does gender got to do with it? PMSCs and privatization of security revisited |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Joachim, Jutta ; Schneiker, Andrea |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | While war and the military have been recognized as being gendered sites, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) are only rarely studied through a gender lens. Compared to functional, political-instrumental or ideational explanations with respect to the privatization of security, such a lens captures, however, the micro-dynamic and political processes of PMSCs’ boom. We show that gender is, first, constitutive of companies’ corporate identities as hero warriors and professional security experts. Second, it is relational, (re-)producing hierarchical power relations among and within PMSCs and with state security actors. Third, gender is a legitimizing factor helping PMSCs to establish themselves as acceptable security actors vis-à-vis others. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 33, No.1-2; Jan-Mar 2022: p.196-223 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol: 33 No 1-2 |
| Key Words | Privatization of Security ; Gender ; PMSCs ; Corporate Identity |