Private Security and the Public Domain
Teachers
Prof dr. Edwin Bakker
Drs. G.M. van Buuren
The provision of security is traditionally seen as a public monopoly. Nowadays however private parties are increasingly engaged in the provision of security. Some speak therefore of the ‘nodalization of security’ in which the state is just one of the providers of security. The current private security market represents a ‘multitude of industries’, large and small, all related to the provision of security services and ranging from corporate security to security guards, private intelligence, private military companies and security consultants. Further, critical infrastructures that are crucial for the functioning of the Netherlands are privately owned and have to be protected in a combined public-private effort. This nodalization of security compels the scientific community to research this changing relationship between public and private security. What can the public security sector learn from its private partners in terms of innovation, efficiency and efficacy? And what are the implications for democratic accountability, the upholding of civil rights and governance issues surrounding the emergence of hybrid forms of security provisions? In this course we will study in detail:
Definitions and conceptualization of private security
History of private security
Private security industry in The Netherlands
Private Military Companies
Private Intelligence
Private security and accountability
Private security and Human Rights
Hybrid security assemblages
Examination
Presentation and paper
Time:
Tuesday 7/2/12 t/m 20/3/2012 from 9-11 hrs in Campus Den Haag, Stichthage, room Bezuidenhout.