Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in a Postcolonial Context - Security, Democracy, and Religion in Tunisia

This book examines how global policies designed to prevent extremism have shaped religious and security governance in Tunisia in recent years, focusing on local programs for training imams.

List of contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Security in Postcolonial Settings: The Transnational Management of "Dangerous" Populations Chapter 2: Reproducing Colonial Logics: International Actors and the Assessment of Transnational Threats Chapter 3: Between International and National Discourses: Managing Islam in Postcolonial Tunisia Chapter 4: International Development and Violent Extremism: Multiple Actors in Local Programs Chapter 5: "Vernacular" Security, Religion and Local Imams Conclusions: International P/CVE Programs and the Continuation of Colonial Policing

About the author

Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu is an Alumni Research Fellow at the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM), University of Tunis, Tunisia, and Research Assistant at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. His research focuses on security, development and migration policies in postcolonial settings. His work has been published on the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, L'Année du Maghreb and Surveillance & Society.

Product details

• Authors: Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032836270
• ISBN: 978-1-032-83627-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Africa / North, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, Developing Countries, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Warfare and defence