Piracy and the Privatisation of Maritime Security : Vessel Protection Policies Compared

Cusumano, Eugenio/ Ruzza, Stefano

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2021/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 286 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783030501587

Full Description

In response to pirate attacks in the Western Indian Ocean, countries worldwide have increasingly authorized the deployment of armed guards from private military and security companies (PMSCs) on merchant ships. This widespread trend contradicts states' commitment to retain a monopoly on violence and discourage the presence of arms on civilian vessels. This book conceptualizes the extensive use of PMSCs as a form of institutional isomorphism, combining the functionalist, ideational, political and organizational arguments used to account for the privatization of security on land into a synthetic explanation of the commercialization of vessel protection.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: protecting merchant vessels from pirates.- Chapter 2. Piracy and counter-piracy in the Twenty-first century.- Chapter 3. From divergence to isomorphism in vessel protection policy: a theoretical framework.- Chapter 4. Privateers versus pirates? The United Kingdom case.- Chapter 5. Vessel protection in the Netherlands: a belated commercialisation?.- Chapter 6. From hybrid to commercial vessel protection: the Italian case.- Chapter 7. Vessel protection in other European countries.- Chapter 8. Open registries and vessel protection: Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands.- Chapter 9. Isomorphic convergence in vessel protection.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: vessel protection between private and maritime security studies.