This book examines the political consequences of European security commercialisation through increased reliance on private military and security companies (PMSCs).

Anna Leander is Professor of International Political Sociology at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy of the Copenhagen Business School.

1. Introduction 2. Norway: Keeping Up Appearances, Åse Gilje Østensen 3. Denmark: How not if to Outsource Military Services, Thomas Mandrup 4. Sweden: Public Servants from the Private Sector, Joakim Berndtsson and Maria Stern 5. Poland: Indirect and Ad Hoc, Marcin Terlikowski, Marek Madej and Beata Górka-Winter 6. Hungary: From Outsourcing to Insourcing, Krisztian Varga 7. Romania: The High and Low Politics of Commercialization, Liliana Pop 8. France: Making Both Ends Meet?, Christian Olsson 9. Germany: Civilian Power Revisited, Elke Krahmann 10. Italy: Keeping or Selling Stocks?, Stefano Ruzza 11. Conclusions