This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state.

The ETA s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its campaign of violence in 2011, despite having yet to achieve its political objectives. It explains how the Basque pro-independence movement s political leadership won an internal battle and brought ETA to a position in which abandoning violence was the only feasible choice. The work argues that...

This book examines de-radicalisation policy in the UK, and addresses the contradictions evident in the conceptualisation and practice of de-radicalisation.

It explores three main themes that touch upon some of the most pressing issues of our day: security, identity and religion. Situated within the Prevent strand of the UK Counter-Terrorism and administered by the police through the Channel Programme, policymakers have promoted de-radicalisation as a vital instrument of counter-terrorism in the fight against terrorism. Despite the political and legal importance of de-radicalisation...