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Author Thomas, Paul, 1962 January 24-

Title Responding to the threat of violent extremism : failing to prevent / Paul Thomas.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 177 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Threat of Violent Extremism -- Community Cohesion -- Preventing Violent Extremism -- British Muslims -- Confusion on the Ground? -- Spooks? -- Failing to Prevent?
Summary "This is a classic monograph focusing on recent British attempts to prevent violent extremism, their problems and limitations, and what lessons this can offer for more effective policy approaches in future. In particular, the book will examine policy approaches to the threat of Islamist extremism and far-right racism, in the context of a post 2001 shift in Britain's attitude and policy approach to multiculturalism, to distinct ethnic and faith identities and to the state's relations with ethnic communities. The book will suggest that the often hostile response of many communities to such policy interventions have been a product of unresolved contradictions and tensions within government over wider policy approaches to multiculturalism and identity. The author will explore the design and results of the 'Preventing Violent Extremism' (PVE) and 'Connecting Communities' policy initiatives of the recent Labour government. Whilst PVE is associated specifically with Labour, Thomas will use this case study to address the broader context of debates around the proper balance between distinct ethnic and shared collective identities, a debate which is unlikely to disappear in the near future."--Publisher's description.
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Subject Terrorism -- Social aspects.
Terrorism -- Social aspects.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects.
Radicalism.
Radicalism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Thomas, Paul, 1962 January 24- Responding to the threat of violent extremism. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012 9781849665254 (OCoLC)742506311
ISBN 9781849666008 (electronic book)
1849666008 (electronic book)
9781849666015
1849666016
1849665257 (Cloth)
9781849665254 (Cloth)
9781849665254
Standard No. 9786613676153