Perspectives on countering extremism : diversion and disengagement / edited by Shashi Jayakumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jayakumar, Shashi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Prevention.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2023]

Summary:

"The study of violent extremism in the wake of ISIS has largely been devoted to the process of radicalization and strategies to counter and de-radicalize extremists. However, little has been written on the subject of Diversion - early, upstream interventions aimed at deflecting individuals from a pathway of radicalization. This volume addresses this gap in scholarship by analysing the Diversion strategies being deployed worldwide, aimed at diverting or deflecting individuals, and communities, from the path of radicalization. These include Diversion methods used among social workers, teachers, counselors and the police both in relation to individuals and communities. Case studies range across the Global North and South, presented by both academic and practitioner contributors, and address different branches of radicalization, the variety of strategies used as Diversion, and the results of these interventions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction Shashi Jayakumar

Part 1 Youth diversion in Europe

2 France's Muslims: Secularism and radicalization Farhad Khosrokhavar

Part 2 Diversion as part and parcel of genuine prevention

3 Evidence-inspired prevention of violent extremism in the Belgian city of Mechelen: Evaluation and recommendations Alexander Van Leuven

4 BURO ZEND-UIT, a pilot study on co-creating resilience in the Netherlands Stijn Sieckelinck

Part 3 Schools, society and beyond

5 Early prevention with workshops at schools in Aarhus Christian Damgaard Kristoffersen and Anne Sofie Skare Rasmussen

6 Early intervention and the challenge of radicalism in the Indonesian school system Muhammad Abdullah Darraz

7 Individually targeted preventions in Indonesia: Effective in theory, tricky in practice Cameron Sumpter

Part 4 Diversion/disengagement as official strategy

8 Upstream interventions with individuals and building resilience in communities: The UK's Prevent Strategy Sean Arbuthnot

9 Independent/hybrid P/CVE youth work in the UK: Grassroots work beyond Prevent Fernán Osorno Hernández

Part 5 Interventions in and out of official strategy: The community

10 Butig: Where money talks and ideology balks - A case study Justin Richmond and Reed Mikkelsen

11 Bringing them home: Building a trusted support framework for the safe return of women and children associated with foreign fighters Clarke Jones, Kamalle Dabboussy and Alasdair Roy

Part 6 Cautionary contributions

12 Finding the off-ramps: The challenges of diversion programming in the P/CVE space Amarnath Amarasingam, David Jones and Bradley Galloway.

13 School-based prevention of radicalization and extremism involving former extremists: Insights gained from practice and research in Germany Maria Walsh and Antje Gansewig

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jayakumar, Shashi Perspectives on Countering Extremism

ISBN:

9781350253872

9781350253865

1350253863

9781350253858

1350253855