Michael Kempa, University of Ottawa

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Democratic police power and innovations in political economy regulating private security in Canada and South Africa
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$89,856

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Democratic police power and innovations in political economy regulating private security in Canada and South Africa

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009

Principal investigators: Kempa, Michael A.

Keywords: private security; regulation; police power; political economy; human security; governance of security

$89,856

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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