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Informal Security Provision

Informal Security Provision is a form of extralegal governance in which protection services are systematically provided outside state-sanctioned institutions through coercive or clandestine arrangements that condition safety on the payment of tribute or compliance with illicit authority.

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2017–2026

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Peace and Power Sharing in Africa: A Not So Obvious Relationship

Andreas Mehler · African Affairs · 2009 · 166 citations · Full text

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THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF GUN OWNERSHIP: SELF‐PROTECTION IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT*

Liqun Cao, Francis T. Cullen, Bruce G. Link · Criminology · 1997 · 120 citations

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Private security and the demand for protection in contemporary britain

Ian Loader · Policing & Society · 1997 · 100 citations

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THE ROLE OF STOKVELS IN IMPROVING PEOPLE’S LIVES: THE CASE IN ORANGE FARM, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

Sally Chipo Matuku, Edwell Kaseke · Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk · 2014 · 71 citations · Full text

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Informal Security Mechanisms and Population Retention in Rural India

Mónica Das Gupta · Economic Development and Cultural Change · 1987 · 68 citations

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Authors

61

  1. BB
    Bruce Baker

    Coventry University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  2. MS
    Moritz Schuberth

    University of Bradford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  3. AM
    Andreas Mehler

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Germany

    2 publications · 179 citations

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  4. IM
    Ian M. Gomme

    Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. MB
    Mariam Bjarnesen

    Swedish Defence University, Sweden

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

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  1. German Institute for Global and Area Studies

    Hamburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    179 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    142 citations

  4. ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education

    Hyderabad, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. North-West University

    Potchefstroom, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  6. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    100 citations

  8. Masaryk University

    Brno, Czechia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

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Venues

  1. Policing & Society

    4 publications · 164 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 44 citations

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  3. International Journal of E-Politics

    IJEP · 1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Peacebuilding

    1 publications · 11 citations

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