TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Pirates, privateers and the political economy of private violence
JO  - Global change, peace and security
A1  - Mabee, Bryan
SP  - 139
EP  - 152
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - Historical accounts of private violence in international relations are often rather under-theorised and under-contextualised. Overall, private violence historically needs to be seen in the context of the relationship between state-building, political economy and violence, rather than through the narrative of states gradually monopolising violence. Pirates and privateers in late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century Europe were embedded in a broader political economy of violence which needed and actively promoted ‘private’ violence in a broader pursuit of power. As such, the de-legitimatisation of piracy and privateering were the consequence of a number of interlinked political economic trends, such as the development of public protection of merchant shipping (through the growth of centralised navies), the move away from trade monopolies to inter-imperial trade, and the development of capitalism and industrialism. Present forms of private violence also need to be seen as part of a broader historical dynamic of war, violence and political economy.<p /> 
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SN  - 1478-1158
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14781150902871994
ID  - ref1
ER  -