出版社：Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
摘要：The private military companies had an inferior role during the previous years and were found in the broad labor division of the public sectors, where their work was underestimated by the public sector, marginalized by the media, and unaccepted by ordinary citizens. However, today, in most countries, this perception is changed and they are viewed as a real subject that performs various activities. So, from relatively uneconomical, these companies became recognizable by the converged negative opinion to positive, diametrically opposite from the previous one about the private military firms. In other words, the transformation partially drew the academic’s public attention, and a debate was opened about whether the existence of these companies is justified. This paper analyses the basic aspects of the private security companies, and then it is a more detailed penetration into the central issues “What are the private military companies?”, “Who assigns their services?” “What are the differences and the similarities with the mercenaries?”.
