Chapter 1 Introduction: Sociology and the Privatization of Security

Chapter 2 Why Privatize: The Reasons Rulers Today Buy, Rent, or Create Private Militaries

Chapter 3 From Mercenaries to Private Patriots: Nationalism and the Private Military Contractors

Chapter 4 Legitimacy Building in Policy and Practice: The Case of US Private Military and Security Contractors (PMSCs) in Afghanistan

Chapter 5 The Expansion of the US Military’s Civilian Periphery and Corollary Progressive Changes in US Military Law

Chapter 6 Reserve Forces and the Privatization of the Military by the Nation State

Chapter 7 Making Markets Responsible: Revisiting the State Monopoly on the Legitimate Use of Force

Chapter 8 Gendered Companies, Gendered Security

Chapter 9 The Specter and Labor of the Black Poor in South Africa’s Private Security Industry

Chapter 10 Who Are the Private Military and Security Contractors? A Window to a New Profession