Small Arms Survey 2011
States of Security

Highlights the main trends and concerns in the changing relationship between private security providers and state security forces.

Small Arms Survey, Geneva (Author)

9780521197120, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 June 2011

328 pages, 74 b/w illus. 35 colour illus. 4 maps 35 tables
25.3 x 19.5 x 2.3 cm, 1.05 kg

In examining various aspects of the provision of security, the Small Arms Survey 2011 considers the growth of the private security industry and its firearms holdings worldwide; the firearms holdings of private security personnel; the use of private security companies by multinational corporations; the use of emerging weapons technology among Western police forces; and legislative controls over the civilian possession of firearms in 42 jurisdictions around the world. Case studies provide original research on ongoing security challenges in Côte d'Ivoire, Haiti and Madagascar. This edition also presents the 2011 Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer, an estimate of the annual authorized trade in light weapons, and a review of developments related to small arms control at the United Nations.

Introduction
1. Larger but less known: authorized small arms transfers
2. Fact or fiction? The UN small arms process
3. Procurement and practice: police use of emerging weapons technology
4. A booming business: private security and small arms
5. Protected but exposed: multinationals and private security
6. Ethos of exploitation: insecurity and predation in Madagascar
7. Reforming the ranks: public security in a divided Côte d'Ivoire
8. Securing the state: Haiti before and after the earthquake
9. Balancing act: regulation of civilian firearm possession.

Subject Areas: Military & defence law [LNDK], International humanitarian law [LBBS], Armed conflict [JPWS], International relations [JPS]