Ebook: Private security in Africa: from the global assemblage to the everyday

Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Golden assemblages: security and development in Tanzania's gold mines; 2 Failed, weak or fake state? The role of private security in Somalia; 3 Private security beyond the private sector: community policing and secret societies in Sierra Leone; 4 The underbelly of global security: Sierra Leonean ex-militias in Iraq; 5 Who do you call? Private security policing in Durban, South Africa; 6 Security Sector Reform as Trojan Horse? The new security assemblages of privatized military training in Liberia.;A comprehensive analysis of the rise of private security providers across Africa, and its implications for African states and societies.