The politics of preventing violent extremism : liberal democracy, civil society, and countering radicalization /

Preventing violent extremism policies have surged in the post 9/11 era - with most nations and international organisations now implementing some form of policy. This book is built around the novel contention that citizens are vulnerable to extremist ideologies which warp their perceptions, desires,...

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Main Authors: Heath-Kelly, Charlotte (Author), Shanaáh, Šádí, 1982- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Preventing violent extremism policies have surged in the post 9/11 era - with most nations and international organisations now implementing some form of policy. This book is built around the novel contention that citizens are vulnerable to extremist ideologies which warp their perceptions, desires, and actions. This is a fundamental reworking of how governments have understood their citizens; modernist assumptions about a rational decision-making subject have given way to understandings of a vulnerable subject who can, under pressure, be captured by extremist ideologies and turn towards subversive, even terrorist, actions. The book explores the emergence and variation of PVE policies, using case studies from Britain, France, Norway, Finland, Croatia, Czechia, and Lithuania.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198953814
019895381X