A conceptual critique of Prevent: Can Prevent be saved? No, but…
| Autor: | Sam Andrews, Joshua Skoczylis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Neoliberalism (international relations) 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology L400 Social Policy 0506 political science L200 Politics Political science Political Science and International Relations Terrorism 050602 political science & public administration Mechanism (sociology) L435 Security Policy Law and economics |
| Popis: | The UK’s Prevent policy continues to fail in its fundamental purpose to prevent extremism and has at times even created spaces for extremism to flourish. This article goes beyond the mechanism of implementation and provides a conceptual understanding of the Prevent policy and how it maintains the neoliberal status quo. Here we argue that the promotion of the neoliberal status quo, a broad de-politicization and a lack of focus on the root causes continues to undermine the Prevent policy. Any policy aimed at preventing extremism and terrorism must be well integrated into the government’s wider social policies, shifting away from securitization and towards improving society. Reducing extremism becomes a by-product of a much broader attempt at changing society, focusing on policies that address racism, gender, and socio-economic inequality. These policies, we argue, must encourage political engagement with all groups, and especially those who are marginalised. Creating a healthier democracy will reduce risks of extremism and will negate the need for a Prevent policy based on discrimination and securitization. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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