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Author: | Thumala, A. Goold, B. Loader, I. |
Title: | A tainted trade? Moral ambivalence and legitimation work in the private security industry |
Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2011 : JUN, VOL. 62:2, p. 283-303 |
Index terms: | markets security security industry |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The security industry is often represent as a growing business coupled with unease about its condition and legitimacy. The purpose of the article is to examine the self-understanding of security industry players in order to analyze the constitutive elements of this ambivalence. The study is based on an analysis of interviews with key security industry players. |
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