Private Security Companies in the Czech Republic: An Exploratory Analysis

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Private Security Companies in the Czech Republic: An Exploratory Analysis

Original language description

"Czech private security companies have thus far received relatively little attention both internationally and, until recently, domestically. This article attempts to fill this gap by analysing the key characteristics of the market with more than 6,000 private security companies that together account for more employees than the Czech national police force. It first shows that the origins of the current Czech market for private force are intrinsically linked to the end of the Cold War and the corresponding collapse of the centrally planned, stateowned economy in (then) communist Czechoslovakia. The remainder of the article offers an analysis of current developments and their impact on the ongoing debates about the provision of security as a public good.In particular, they relate to the political debate surrounding the much delayed drafting of the law on the provision of private security services, which has become rather heated since 2010 due to the personal and alleged financial linkage

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AI - Linguistics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP408%2F11%2F0395" target="_blank" >GAP408/11/0395: Privatization of Security: Role of Private Sector Actors in Countering Contemporary Security Threats</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of International and Security Studies

ISSN

1802-548X

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

49-68

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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