Counter-Radicalisation
Critical Perspectives
Charlotte Heath-Kelly editor Lee Jarvis editor Christopher Baker-Beall editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:4th Sep '14
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- Paperback£41.99(9781138236639)
This book offers a wide-ranging and critical examination of recent counter-radicalisation policies, using case studies from several countries.
Counter-radicalisation policies, such as the UK ‘Prevent’ strategy, have been highly controversial and increasingly criticised since their introduction. In this edited volume, voices from disciplines including sociology, political science, criminology and International Relations are brought together to address issues across the global roll-out of counter-radicalisation agendas. In so doing, the book critically interrogates: (i) the connections between counter-radicalisation and other governmental programmes and priorities relating to integration and community cohesion; (ii) the questionable dependence of counter-radicalisation initiatives on discourses and assumptions about race, risk and vulnerability to extremism; and, (iii) the limitations of existing counter-radicalisation machineries for addressing relatively new types of extremism including amongst ‘right-wing’ activists.
Through examining these questions, the book draws on a range of contemporary case studies spanning from counter-radicalisation in the UK, Germany and Denmark, through to detailed analyses of specific preventative initiatives in Australia and the United States. Conceptually, the chapters engage with a range of critical approaches, including discourse theory, autoethnography and governmentality.
This book will be of much interest to students of radicalisation, critical terrorism studies, counter-terrorism, sociology, security studies and IR in general.
'The strong side of the book is its bringing together of Critical Terrorism Studies and Radicalization studies. When we look at the literature, state-centric publishing plays the dominant role. In Counter-Radicalisation, authors preferred a human-centric analysis.'
Hakan Kıyıcı, Turkish National Police Academy
Insights Turkey, Summer 2018
ISBN: 9781138776630
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 521g
250 pages