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This interdisciplinary collection places corporate security in a theoretical and international context. Arguing that corporate security is becoming the primary form of security in the twenty-first century, it explores a range of issues including regulation, accountability, militarization, strategies of securitization and practitioner techniques.

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Foreword; Mark Button Introduction: Governing every Person, Place, and Thing: Critical Studies of Corporate Security; Kevin Walby and Randy K. Lippert PART I: MAKING SENSE OF CORPORATE SECURITY: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Corporate Security at Ford Motor Company: From the Great War to the Cold War; Robert P. Weiss 2. Beyond the Regulatory Gaze? Corporate Security, (In)Visibility and the Modern State; Adam White 3. The Private Eyes of Corporate Culture: The Forensic Accounting and Corporate Investigation Industry and the Production of Corporate Financial Security; James W. Williams 4. The Politics of Corporate Security and the Translation of National Security; Karen Lund Petersen PART II: EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES OF CORPORATE SECURITY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 5. Corporate Security: Governing through Private and Public Law in the Netherlands; Clarissa Meerts 6. Expertise and the Professionalization of Municipal Corporate Security in Canadian Cities; Kevin Walby, Alex Luscombe, and Randy K. Lippert 7. Operational Risk and Reputational Compromise: Managing the Militarization of Corporate Security in Iraq; Conor O´Reilly 8. Relationships and Conflicts in Canadian University Corporate Security Networks; Blair Wilkinson 9. Corporate Security, Licensing and Civil Accountability in the Australian Night-Time Economy; Ian Warren and Darren Palmer PART III: CORPORATE SECURITY: CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS IN THE FIELD 10. Trends and Issues in Corporate Security Practice and Regulation in Australia; Rick Sarre and Tim Prenzler 11. Corporate Security and the Stratum of Security Management; David J. Brooks and Jeffery Corkill 12. Corporate Security and Enterprise Risk Management; Alison Wakefield 13. Crime and Security Liability Concerns at Shopping Centers; Dennis M. Savard and Daniel B. Kennedy

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David Brooks, Edith Cowan University, Australia Jeff Corkill, Edith Cowan University, Australia Daniel B. Kennedy, University of Detroit, USA Alex Luscombe, Carleton University, Canada Clarissa Meerts, Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Conor O´Reilly, Durham University, UK Darren Palmer, Deakin University, Australia Karen Lund Petersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Tim Prenzler, Griffith University, Australia Rick Sarre, University of South Australia, Australia Dennis M. Savard, Oakland University, USA Alison Wakefield, University of Portsmouth, UK Robert P. Weiss, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA Adam White, University of York, UK Blair Wilkinson, University of Victoria, Canada James W. Williams, York University in Toronto, Canada Ian Warren, Deakin University, Australia

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