Reintegrating Extremists: Deradicalisation and Desistance
Sarah V. Marsden
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Description for Reintegrating Extremists: Deradicalisation and Desistance
Hardback. Num Pages: 147 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing with former `terrorists'. Offering a theoretically robust, empirically rich account of work with ex-prisoners and those considered `at risk' of involvement in extremism in the United Kingdom, Marsden dissects the problems governments are facing in dealing with the effects of 'radicalisation'. Increasingly, governments are struggling with the challenge of dealing with those who have become involved in extremism, and yet, comparatively little is known about how and why people renounce violence. Nor are existing efforts to `deradicalise' extremists well understood. ... Read more
This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing with former `terrorists'. Offering a theoretically robust, empirically rich account of work with ex-prisoners and those considered `at risk' of involvement in extremism in the United Kingdom, Marsden dissects the problems governments are facing in dealing with the effects of 'radicalisation'. Increasingly, governments are struggling with the challenge of dealing with those who have become involved in extremism, and yet, comparatively little is known about how and why people renounce violence. Nor are existing efforts to `deradicalise' extremists well understood. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137550187
SKU
V9781137550187
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About Sarah V. Marsden
Sarah V. Marsden is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK.
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