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Otto Argueta - Private Security in Guatemala: Pathway to Its Proliferation

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Otto Argueta

Private Security in Guatemala: Pathway to Its Proliferation

Series: Studien zu Lateinamerika

Volume 22 2013

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-8

List of Figures and Tables S. 9-10

Acronyms and Abreviations S. 11-12

Private Security in Contextual and Historical Analysis S. 13-16

Private Securit y in the Academic Debate S. 16-18

Delimitation of the Study S. 18-19

Conceptual Clarifications S. 19-21

The Study of Private Security in Guatemala S. 21-23

Methodological Considerations S. 23-26

The Data Sources S. 26-27

Organization of the Study S. 27-28

The Challenge of a Clear Definition S. 29-32

Perspectives on Private Security Proliferation S. 32-35

Private Security and Security Sector Reform S. 35-39

Non-Commercial Private Security and Community Policing S. 39-46

The Legacies of Militarism: Private Security in Latin America S. 46-50

Private Security and Private Policing S. 51-59

Private Policing and Contextual Political Analysis S. 59-64

A Functional Approach of Private Policing Historical Explanation S. 64-70

The Self-Reproducing Sequence of Private Security in Guatemala S. 70-71

Quantification and Informal Mechanisms S. 72-85

Recruiting and Professionalization S. 85-94

Laws and Other State Controls S. 94-97

Private Security Companies: A Security Solution? S. 97-104

The Non-Commercial Side of Private Security S. 105-108

The Institutional Ambiguity of Community Policing in Post-War S. 108-121

The Reproductive Cycle S. 121-130

Crime Rates and Community Policing S. 130-139

The Historical Explanation of JLSs S. 139-145

Initial Conditions and the Rupture of 1954 S. 146-154

The Role of United States S. 154-171

The State Roots of Private Security S. 171-190

Private Policing and Civil Participation S. 190-201

The Political Context S. 202-208

Civilian Power and Armed Forces in a Democratic Society S. 208-216

Marginalized Actors in the Security Sector Reform S. 216-222

Community Policing in the Context of Self Defence Policing S. 222-225

The Post-War Role of Military in Public Security S. 226-235

Vigilante Policing S. 235-246

Conclusions S. 247-258

Bibliography S. 259-294

Annexes S. 295-296

doi.org/10.5771/9783845245133

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