Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry

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dc.contributor.advisorBerg, Julieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Rubyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-05T13:04:07Z
dc.date.available2018-02-05T13:04:07Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe quest for 'security' and the practices aimed at creating this on a literal and a figurative level is a common human striving. The people whom we task and entrust with providing this security are increasingly part of a combination of both public police and private security agents. Whilst the public police have been the focus of a large body of research, the volume of research in the field of private security is relatively thin. Given the robust growth of the private security sector in both developed and developing countries, combined with the dearth of research involving fieldwork in the private security industry, this research aims to fill a part of this knowledge gap. Specifically, this dissertation aims to address an even less-investigated research question - that of how the providers of private security think about and undertake their work of creating 'security'. In other words, it explores their mentalities. This exploration of the mentalities of those who provide private security will be undertaken through an exploratory case study, using the concept of nodal governance as the framing analytic. This case study focusses on a suburban security company operating in the southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWeber, R. (2017). <i>Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27306en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWeber, Ruby. <i>"Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27306en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWeber, R. 2017. Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Weber, Ruby AB - The quest for 'security' and the practices aimed at creating this on a literal and a figurative level is a common human striving. The people whom we task and entrust with providing this security are increasingly part of a combination of both public police and private security agents. Whilst the public police have been the focus of a large body of research, the volume of research in the field of private security is relatively thin. Given the robust growth of the private security sector in both developed and developing countries, combined with the dearth of research involving fieldwork in the private security industry, this research aims to fill a part of this knowledge gap. Specifically, this dissertation aims to address an even less-investigated research question - that of how the providers of private security think about and undertake their work of creating 'security'. In other words, it explores their mentalities. This exploration of the mentalities of those who provide private security will be undertaken through an exploratory case study, using the concept of nodal governance as the framing analytic. This case study focusses on a suburban security company operating in the southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry TI - Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27306 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27306
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWeber R. Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27306en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Lawen_ZA
dc.titleProtection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industryen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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