Extremism, Radicalization and Security: An Identity Theory Approach

ISBN-13: 9783319855950 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 228 str.

Julian Richards

Spis treści

Chapter 1:  Introduction.- Chapter 2: Identity Politics and security.- Chapter 3: Radicalization, extremism, terrorism.- Chapter 4: Reactive identity movements.- Chapter 5: Political myth and discourse analysis in security.- Chapter 6: Identity and security narratives in contemporary Britain.- Chapter 7: State policy and strategy: Prevent, “multi-agency” responses and the way forward.- Chapter 8:  Conclusions.

O autorze

Julian Richards is co-director of the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS) at the University of Buckingham in the UK. He co-founded BUCSIS in 2008 following a long career in security policy with the British government. 

Blurb

This book considers the application of Identity Theory to contemporary debates on extremism, radicalization and security. Britain is taken as the focus of research, within which a unique comparative study is undertaken of identity politics and narratives across a spectrum of minority and majority-community perspectives. Debates concerning Islamophobia, Far Right extremism and state counter-extremism and counter-terrorism policy are subjected to critical scrutiny. This book will appeal to scholars and interested observers alike of contemporary politics and security in the West, and the critical role played by identity within that picture.