Conference paper
MONOPOLY OF FORCE ON THE DEFENSIVE: ON CHANGING SOVEREIGNTY IN THE SPHERE OF INTERNAL SECURITY
Peter Nitschke
; Institut fuer Sozialwissenschaft, Hochschule Vechta, Vechta, Deutschland
Abstract
The author's starting assumption is that the state monopoly of force is being deconstructed through the fragmentation of security interest, the privatization of public security and the executive deficits of the state monopoly of force. It has turned out that the privatization of public security is an extremely subtle phenomenon with a huge scope. Namely, the economization of habitats resulting from globalization leads to the mushrooming of private security services. The first consequence of this is the fragmentation of the social sphere and the creation of the privately organized protective zones; the second is the partnership of the private and the polity interests. The author consequently concludes that the state cannot any longer guarantee internal security. The segregationist culture contributes to the diminishing of the state monopoly of force. This is especially noticeable in the Third World countries where force is often not controlled by the state but by various communitarian or commercial organizations. The supranational integrational processes have a similar effect. The author concludes that at work here is the expansion of security partnerships by which the state surrounds itself; this strikes a rather postmodern note: the system of a once all-powerful Leviathan today is just a notch removed from its natural state.
Keywords
deconstruction; state; state monopoly of force; privatization of public security; internal security
Hrčak ID:
24230
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2002.
Visits: 2.746 *