@article{2018:schneiker:privatisie,
title = {Privatisierung von Sicherheit in Deutschland – Einleitung zum Themenschwerpunkt},
year = {2018},
note = {Privatization of security is not limited to conflict zones, but is
rather a global phenomenon which also extends into OECD countries,
including Germany, where security is privatized from the communal up
to the federal level. Despite these developments, however,
surprisingly little attention has thus far been paid to how
privatization of security at home and abroad is legitimized by German
decisionmakers, which is why we address this blind spot in the
literature. The time frame of our analysis of parliamentary debates
and government statements spans from the German unification (1989)
until 2015. From a governmentality perspective, we find a relatively
stable neo-liberal discourse among decision-makers who, on the one
hand, justify the privatization of security with references to its
cost efficiency and its effectiveness, and on the other hand,
contribute to its depoliticization by declaring security production in
certain areas to be a private and no longer a political matter.
Moreover, at the same time as the existing discourse helps to
legitimize the current level of privatized security, the arguments on
which it relies can be used to justify an expansion of further
privatization in the future.},
journal = {ZeFKo Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung},
pages = {44--55},
author = {Schneiker, Andrea and Joachim, Jutta},
volume = {7},
number = {1}
}