Non-state Actors as Protection Suppliers

Abstract

This Panel aims to explore the conditions of the protection market as a field where private or semi-private security strategies take place. The contributions could analyze either regulated security suppliers (such as private security firms) or informal/illegal protection mechanisms implemented by violent actors. Thus, the non-state protection suppliers could be analyzed from different points of entrance, such as their profile and activities, their link with state agents or agencies, their rapport with violence or violent means of achieving security.