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Private military companies (PMCs) have gained prominence in the international arena, exercising what the authors term necropower in fragile states. Drawing on theoretical frameworks from Foucault, Agamben, and Mbembe, the article examines how these entities engage in violence against civilian populations, treating such actions as an exercise of sovereign power over life and death within contemporary warfare contexts (massacres against unarmed civilian populations are framed as deliberate targeting rather than incidental harm).
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JUNQUEIRA, K.; MENDES, C. Empresas Militares Privadas, Necropoder e Estados Frágeis. Contexto Internacional, v. 48, n. 1, p. e20240048, 2026. DOI: 10.1590/s0102-8529.20244603e20240048.
Junqueira, K., & Mendes, C. (2026). Empresas Militares Privadas, Necropoder e Estados Frágeis. Contexto Internacional, 48(1), e20240048. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-8529.20244603e20240048
@article{mendes2026pmc,
author = {Karina Junqueira and Cristiano Mendes},
title = {Empresas Militares Privadas, Necropoder e Estados Frágeis},
journal = {Contexto Internacional},
volume = {48},
number = {1},
pages = {e20240048},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1590/s0102-8529.20244603e20240048},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-8529.20244603e20240048}
}