by Anna LindbachAs a part of the UK government’s counter terrorism strategy, they released a Prevent strategy, taking the fight against terrorism from the government and police and into every work place. Is the Prevent strategy an effective strategy against the threat...
Category: Radicalisation
Sociological research aimed to help, understand and prevent radicalisation in the UK
by Fran GillowSince the mid-2000s, the focus of the general public, sociological research and government intelligence has increasingly shifted to radicalisation. Radicalisation can be identified as a process that leads to violent extremism and, in numerous cases,...
What is radicalisation and why is it so hard to understand?
Recently, the British Government has created a specialist task force to specifically tackle the process of radicalisation in UK prisons. This marks a wave of tactics focusing on the processes that lead to terrorism and violence, rather than focusing time and energy on the end-product of extremist views as previously tried and failed. However, the terms “radicalisation”, “radical” and “extremist” have become increasingly entangled and in turn, carry several misconceptions regarding the nature of each of these terms. Because of these misconceptions, it is difficult for any governing body to accurately tackle the forces that are causing terror across the Globe.
Does academic debate on ‘radicalisation’ increase or decrease the threat of violent extremism?
The academic debate surrounding radicalisation and violent extremism has shifted dramatically from the 1970s where it was used to understand structures and behaviours of violent groups compared to the 21st Century where radicalisation is closely associated with Islamist terrorism. However, how has this shift affected individual’s understanding of what violent extremism is? I will consider how academic debate surrounding ‘radicalisation’ has either increased or decreased the threat of violent extremism.
Conceptualising radicalisation
by Joanna HodgkinsonThe number of people being radicalised in the UK and Europe have increased drastically in the past decade. Almost 4,500 people were referred to the UK government’s flagship counter-terrorism scheme last year. “Nearly triple the figure in the...
Is academic discussion about radicalisation a part of the problem?
by Lucy HodgkinThe term ‘radicalisation’ is defined as “the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism leading to terrorism” (The House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee, 2012). The interest and use of the word ‘radicalisation’ is now...
Is radicalisation a discourse manufactured by academia to perpetuate government policy?
by Francesca FiennesThe issue of radicalisation is a pressing one, following an increase in global terror attacks and subsequent measures to prevent terrorism. This has led to debatable academia produced on radicalisation, discriminatory profiling and has framed...
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