Encountering Extremism presents a unique, in-depth and critical analysis of a profoundly important subject: preventing and countering extremism. The volume presents a valuable multidisciplinary analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects related to extremism. The volume provides an overview of the timeliest debates on the topic and the possibility for the reader to "encounter extremism".
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Encountering extremism: a critical examination of theoretical issues and local challenges - Alice Martini, Kieran Ford and Richard Jackson
Part I: What's in a name? Theoretically deconstructing extremism
1 Interrogating the concept of (violent) extremism: a genealogical study of terrorism and counterterrorism discourses - Chin-Kuei Tsui
2 Conceptualising violent extremism: ontological, epistemological and normative issues - Sondre Lindahl
3 Knowledge, power, subject: constituting the extremist/moderate subject - Mariela Cuadro
4 The lone (white) wolf, 'terrorism' and the suspect community - Marie Breen-Smyth
5 The personal is political: feminist critiques of countering violent extremism - Jessica Auchter
6 A peace studies approach to countering extremism: do counter-extremism strategies produce peace? - Kieran Ford
7 What is an educational response to extreme and radical ideas and why does it matter? - Aislinn O'Donnell
Part II: Extremism, countering extremism and preventing extremism: from theory to international and local challenges
8 Legitimising countering extremism at an international level: the role of the United Nations Security Council - Alice Martini
9 International PVE and Tunisia: a local critique of international donors' discourses - Guendalina Simoncini
10 Communication as legitimation in Spanish CVE: bringing lessons from the past - Laura Ferná ndez de Mosteyrí n
11 Extremists or patriots? Racialisation of countering violent extremism programming in the United States - Priya Dixit
12 The CVE paradox: inapplicability and necessity in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Tanja Dramac Jiries
13 Drivers or decoys? Women and the narrative of extremist violence in Pakistan - Afiya Shehrbano Zia
14 The mayor of Abuja and the 'Pied Piper' of Maiduguri: extremism and the 'politics of mutual envy' in Nigeria? - Akinyemi Oyawale
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