The paradox of security regulation: public protection versus normative legitimation
本文探讨发达民主国家国内私人安保增长带来的悖论：市场解决公共服务低效，却挑战了普遍公共秩序的信念，进而分析监管治理中的张力及安全监管政治。
The growth of domestic private security in advanced democratic countries has resulted in a paradox. While the market is seen to provide a solution to the inefficient production of a key public service, it simultaneously challenges the liberal belief in a universal and publicly guaranteed social order. The argument of this article is twofold: first, that this paradox has created tensions within the sphere of regulatory governance; and second, that these tensions have given rise to a distinctive politics of security regulation. Through this argument, the article makes important new connections between the security governance and regulation literatures.