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Zusatztext This is a very learned and important book...based on many years of deep reflection and political engagement - the author has worked at think tanks on a variety of policy issues, and was a senior policy adviser in the No. 10 Strategy Unit during the Blair administration...Pariah Politics contains a wealth of data and insights that cannot be done justice in a short review Informationen zum Autor Shamit Saggar is currently Professor of Political Science at the University of Sussex; Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the University of Toronto; Non-executive Chairman of the Legal Complaints Service of the Law Society of England & Wales; Senior Associate at Demos; and Senior Fellow of the 21st Century Trust. He has held international visiting appointments at Yale University, UCLA, NYU, Notre Dame University, Oxford University, ANU, and University of Western Australia . He has also worked with several UK think-tanks including IPPR, Demos, the Royal Society for the Arts, the Hansard Society, the Foreign Policy Centre, the Fabian Society, and the Citizenship Foundation. Klappentext Pariah Politics breaks new ground in examining the issue of western Islamist extremism from the perspective of government. It links underlying causes to the capacity of governments to respond directly and to influence others. Zusammenfassung Pariah Politics breaks new ground in examining the issue of western Islamist extremism from the perspective of government. It links underlying causes to the capacity of governments to respond directly and to influence others. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Demographic and factual overview 3: Thinking about religious identity, politics and public policy 4: Integration and identity politics 5: Grievance politics 6: Extremism and reputational politics 7: Strategic responses 8: Concluding thoughts and future prospects
