'Mercenary Masculinities' Imagine Security: The Case of the Private Military Contractor
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Politics
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Paul Higate (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Higate P
(2012)
The Private Militarized and Security Contractor as Geocorporeal Actor
in International Political Sociology
Higate P
(2011)
'Cowboys and Professionals': The Politics of Identity Work in the Private and Military Security Company
in Millennium: Journal of International Studies
Higate P
(2012)
Drinking Vodka from the 'Butt-Crack' MEN, MASCULINITIES AND FRATRIARCHY IN THE PRIVATE MILITARIZED SECURITY COMPANY
in International Feminist Journal of Politics
Howard Kunreuther (Co-Author)
(2009)
Putting 'Mercenary Masculinities' on the Research Agenda
Kronsell, Annica; Svedberg, Erika
(2011)
Making Gender, Making War: Violence, Military and Peacekeeping Practices
Luca Taschini (Co-Author)
(2011)
"Cat-food and clients": Gendering the politics of protection in the private militarised security company
McSorley, Kevin
(2012)
War and the Body: Militarisation, Practice and Experience
Nicola Ranger (Co-Author)
(2012)
The Private Militarised and Security Contractor as Geocorporeal Actor
Nicola Ranger (Co-Author)
(2011)
Mercenary killer or embodied veteran? The case of Paul Slough and the Nisour Square massacre
Paul Higate (Author)
(2010)
'Fratriarchy as Resistance: The Case of the Private Militarised Security Contractor'
Paul Higate (Author)
(2010)
'Imagining, Practicing and Embodying Security: the Case of Mercenary Masculinities'
Paul Higate (Author)
(2012)
'The Private Militarised Security Contractor as Geocorporeal Actor'.
Paul Higate (Author)
(2009)
Entrepreneurs in Violence? Men, Masculinities and Private Military Security Companies'
| Description | 'Aversions to Masculine Excess in the Private Military and Security Company and their Effects: Don't be a "Billy Big Bollocks" and beware the "Ninja"'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation considered the gendered and national masculine hierarchies fostered through the identity work of British and U.S contractors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Aversions to Masculine Excess in the Private Military and Security Company and their Effects: Don't be a "Billy Big Bollocks" and beware the "Ninja"'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation considered the hierarchy of masculinites shaped by gender and national identity and what this means for security practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Cowboys and Professionals: The Politics of Identity Work in the Private and Military Security Company' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Precursor to paper published in Millennium: Journal of International Studies with same title |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Enforcement Masculinities and Men from the Global South: Complex Complicities and Contradictions in the Private Military Security Company' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation considered the experiences of Third Country National (TCN) contractors in both symbolic and material terms with a focus on their place in a wider hierarchy of masculinities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Enforcement Masculinities and Men from the Global South: Complex Complicities and Contradictions in the Private Military Security Company'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation discussed for the first time the nexus that links masculinity with Third Country National (TCN) contractors with a focus on their position in the broader hierarchy of contractor masculinities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Entrepreneurs in Violence? Men, Masculinities and Private Military Security Companies' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This keynote speech outlined a future research agenda linking critical men's studies with the Private Military and Security Company |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Identity Work as Material Practice: Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Contractor' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation provided a summary of the project to-date with a focus on gendered cultural and historical trajectories helping to make possible particular high and low profile security practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Identity Work as Material Practice: Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Contractor'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Pre-published draft of Millennium article - see ref. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Identity Work as Material Practice: Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Contractor.' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation to the Law School at the University of Melbourne focused on the gendered hierarchies shaping security practice and what these might mean for questions of accountability and contractor 'impunity' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Identity Work as Material Practice: Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Contractor.' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | A summary of project findings with a focus on the historical, gendered and cultural trajectories of contractor masculinities in the U.S and the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Martial Races and Enforcement Masculinities of the Global South: Weaponizing Fijian, Chilean and Salvadoran Postcoloniality in the Mercenary Sector. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation discussed the racial and gendered hiearchies configuring social relations in the Private Military and Security sphere in both material and symbolic terms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Men, Masculinities and the Close Protection Officer in the world of the Private and Military Security Contractor'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | The seminar presentation was published in Millennium: Journal of International Studies as 'Cowboys and Professionals: The Politics of Identity Work in the Private Military and Security Company' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Mercenary Masculinities Imagine Security: The Case of the Private Military Contractor' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Summary of research to stakeholders involved in drafting the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | 'No Place for Billy Big Bollocks: Men, Masculinities and the Close Protection Officer in the world of the Private and Military Security Contractor'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation represented an early draft of a book chapter of the same name to be published in the book: Gender and the Privatization of Military Security |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Paul Slough: 'Mercenary Killer or Embodied Veteran?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This lecture was used to present a draft chapter of the same name in the book entitled: Corporeality: The Body and Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | 'The Private Militarised and Security Contractor as Geocorporeal Actor' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This paper was published in the journal of International Political Sociology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Vodka from the "Butt Crack", Homoeroticism, Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Security Company. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation outlined the events of the so-called 'Kabul Hazing' where members of Armorgroup (US) took part in racialised and homoerotic activities characteristic of their fratriarchal culture and with consequences for the wider security climate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | 'Vodka from the "Butt Crack", Homoeroticism, Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Security Company. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation discussed the fratriarchal and racial character of Armorgroup contractors at the U.S Embassy in Kabul Afghanistan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Article written in Huffington Post about the project's Critical Impact Report: The Politics of Profile |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article written in Huffington Post about the project's Critical Impact: The Politics of Profile, available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-isenberg/military-contractors_b_2468620.html Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Article written in Huffington Post on paper 'Drinking Vodka from the Butt Crack' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article written on paper 'Drinking Vodka from the Butt Crack'. Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-isenberg/intramasculine-bonds-and-cracks_b_2313357.html Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-isenberg/intramasculine-bonds-and-cracks_b_2313357.html |
| Description | Discussion of Critical Impact Report in the House of Lords |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Critical Impact Report discussed in House of Lords, availabe at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/121030-0001.htm Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/121030-0001.htm |
| Description | From Subjectivity to Material Practice: Men, Masculinities and the Private Military Contractor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This seminar presentation represents draws on a set of questions that will eventually form the main tenets of the monograph concerning the historical, cultural and gendered trajectories that make possible the high versus low profile security binary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Huffington Post article on paper 'Cowboys and Professionals' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article written in Huffington Post on paper 'Cowboys and Professionals'. Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-isenberg/iraq-contractors_b_1209606.html Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Private and Military Security Companies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Radio ABC (Australia) interview on project, available at: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/private-military-and-security-companies/4210590 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/private-military-and-security-companies/4210... |
| Description | Radio 4's Thinking Allowed discussing paper 'Cowboys and Professionals' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Live interview for Radio 4's Thinking Allowed Programme, to access podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01d2fll/Thinking_Allowed_Private_military_security_whisky_tourism/ Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01d2fll/Thinking_Allowed_Private_military_security_whisky_tour... |