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Terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today's polarized social and political world. However, the role of governments and issues relating to state terrorism and the counter-terror state remain important considerations. This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism studies perspective using case studies from different countries while examining the issues it raises. Extremism and violence do not emerge in a vacuum - nor do the policies that counter these concerns. There are no simple solutions to violent extremism but the fixation on ideology can do more harm than good.
List of contents
About the book
Acknowledgements
Part One Terrorism and states
1 Definitional challenges
2 State terrorism
3 The counter-terror state
4 Genocide and ethnic cleansing
Part Two Disentangling violent extremism
5 Individual factors in terrorism
6 The social science of extremism
7 Reciprocal radicalization
8 Countering reciprocal radicalization
9 The UK 'Prevent' agenda
Part Three Deradicalization
10 Leaving terrorism behind
11 Disordered deradicalization
12 Driven to hate
13 Terror politics
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Tahir Abbas is Associate Professor in Terrorism and Political Violence, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, Netherlands.
Summary
Terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today’s polarized social and political world. However, the role of governments and issues relating to state terrorism and the counter-terror state remain important considerations. This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism studies perspective using case studies from different countries while examining the issues it raises. Extremism and violence do not emerge in a vacuum – nor do the policies that counter these concerns. There are no simple solutions to violent extremism but the fixation on ideology can do more harm than good.
Foreword
Explores and compares different international approaches to countering violent extremism
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Challenging the status quo is as crucial for CVE as it is for global security, especially when considering that the status quo can lead to ignoring or misrepresenting the underlying causes of terrorism and extremism. This book is a welcome departure from stagnant CVE evaluations that contribute to lackluster or damaging programming.
