Thomas Martin - Counter-Radicalisation Policy and the Securing of British Identity: The Politics of Prevent

Counter-Radicalisation Policy and the Securing of British Identity: The Politics of Prevent — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Counter-Radicalisation Policy and the Securing of British Identity: The Politics of Prevent" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...50

Counter-radicalisation policy and the securing of British identity

Counter-radicalisation policy and the securing of British identity

The politics of Prevent

Thomas Martin

Manchester University Press

Copyright Thomas Martin 2019

The right of Thomas Martin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Published by Manchester University Press

Altrincham Street, Manchester M1 7JA

www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 5261 4008 1 hardback

First published 2019

The publisher has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for any external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.

Typeset by Newgen Publishing UK

Contents

This research would not have been possible without the generous support provided by the Economic and Social Research Council. I am thankful that it is still possible to acquire research funding for critical inquiry such as this.

This research benefitted greatly from the interviews that I was able to undertake with many of those responsible for the Prevent policy. While I did not cite them all directly in the text, they were of incomparable help, shaping my thinking on the policy. I am deeply grateful to all of those who gave up their time to talk with me on this subject.

Special thanks are due to Stefan Elbe and Shane Brighton for their assistance with the research. Without their insight and generosity, this would have been a much weaker piece of work.

I would like to thank all the staff at Manchester University Press, and especially my editor, Robert Byron, for their expertise and assistance, and for making the publication of this book a real pleasure.

Finally, none of this would have been remotely possible without the love and support of my family and friends. My eternal thanks to my parents, Caroline and Clive, and my brother, Luke. I have been immensely fortunate to have such kind and generous parents. Thanks are also due to Leo and Dave for putting up with me for so many years.

Lastly, my darling Rebecca. You continue to amaze and inspire me.

During the course of this research, I was fortunate enough to interview many key figures who played a part in the making of the Prevent policy. I am extremely grateful for their time.

Many of those interviewed have held a number of different roles. I have noted here only those positions that were of direct relevance to this book. Some interviewees preferred for their contributions to the research to be anonymised. I have included here the term by which they will be referred in the text, to give an indication of the scope of the research.

Hazel Blears	Minister of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety (20036); Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (20079)
Professor Ted Cantle	Author of the Cantle Report for the Home Office in 2001 and Founder of the Institute of Community Cohesion
Lord Carlile of Berriew	Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (200111) and provided independent oversight of the 2011 Prevent Review
Charlie Edwards	Deputy Director for Strategy and Planning in the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (200911), responsible for the development of CONTEST 2011 and for independent oversight of the Prevent Review
Sir Peter Fahy	Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (200815) and Prevent Lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers (201215)
Robert Lambert	Head of Muslim Contact Unit within the Metropolitan Police (20027)
Tony McNulty	Minister of State for Security, Counter Terrorism and Policing (20068)
Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones	Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism (201011)
Jacqui Smith	Home Secretary (20079)
John Wright	National Coordinator for Prevent within UK Police Service (200713)

Official within the Muslim Council of Britain

Senior Civil Servant

Senior Council Official with responsibility for Prevent delivery

Senior Official at the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism

Senior Researcher in a Public Policy Think Tank

ACPO	Association of Chief Police Officers
DCLG	Department for Communities and Local Government
DCSF	Department for Children, Schools and Families
DfE	Department for Education
MHCLG	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government**
MCB	Muslim Council of Britain
MCU	Muslim Contact Unit
NPCC	National Police Chiefs Council*
Ofsted	Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills
OSCT	Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
PVE	Preventing Violent Extremism
WRAP	Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent

The National Police Chiefs Council was established on 1 April 2015, replacing the Association of Chief Police Officers.

The Department for Communities and Local Government was renamed and made a ministry on the 8 January 2018, becoming the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

The Department for Education was formed on 12 May 2010, replacing the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

The Trojan Horse scandal

On 27 November 2013, a letter was allegedly discovered in a school in Birmingham. The concerned member of staff sent it to the Leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore. While of questionable authenticity, it contained the details of a plot termed by those involved as Trojan Horse. The alleged plotters stated in it, [w]e have an obligation to our children to fulfil our roles and ensure these schools are run on Islamic principals [sic] (Clarke, ). While the original letter is widely considered to be a hoax due to factual inaccuracies, it was understood to reflect practices that had been seen in some Birmingham schools, detailing how to install new governors sympathetic to the Islamic faith, and how to undermine uncooperative head teachers. Later it became apparent that the DfE had been previously warned in 2010, by a senior Birmingham head teacher, that issues of the nature reported in the Trojan Horse letter were a concern to some in the city.

Upon being leaked to the press, the story prompted numerous headlines and a flurry of activity. Over the course of the next two years, a number of investigations were launched to ascertain whether the activities cited in the letter had credibility, and what lessons needed to be learnt. The Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills (Ofsted) inspected twenty-one schools, fifteen of which were at the express behest

The reason for this activity is a set of concerns, drawn from the original Trojan Horse letter, that these schools were promoting a conservative, Islamic ethos and were distancing themselves from mainstream British society. At one level, this is a question of how much leeway state-maintained schools should have in their curricula, and how schools servicing ethnic minority students should support the cultural and religious beliefs of those communities. Yet these investigations go far beyond mere questions of pedagogy. At stake within the Trojan Horse scandal is a novel question: has this promotion of an Islamic culture, and this distance from British values, engendered within these children a vulnerability to radicalisation? This question links security and identity in important and novel ways. Trojan Horse was not a scandal because of the identification of terrorists or the promotion of terrorism. It was a scandal because the conservative Islamic environment allegedly fostered within these schools, and the distance this created from mainstream British values, was understood to

Next page

1234567...50

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Counter-Radicalisation Policy and the Securing of British Identity: The Politics of Prevent»

Look at similar books to Counter-Radicalisation Policy and the Securing of British Identity: The Politics of Prevent. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Mr Brian Blakemore

Extremism, Counter-terrorism and Policing

Paul Thomas

Responding to the Threat of Violent Extremism: Failing to Prevent

Gordon Clubb

Selling De-Radicalisation: Managing the Media Framing of Countering Violent Extremism

Lawrence Rubin

Terrorist Rehabilitation and Counter-Radicalisation

James Gow

Militancy and Violence in West Africa: Religion, politics and radicalisation

Daniela Pisoiu

Islamist Radicalisation in Europe: An Occupational Change Process

Damon L. Perry

The Global Muslim Brotherhood in Britain: Non-Violent Islamist Extremism and the Battle of Ideas

Noor Dahri

Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalisation and Counter Strategy

M. S. Elshimi

De-Radicalisation in the UK Prevent Strategy: Security, Identity and Religion

Lee Jarvis

Critical Perspectives on Counter-Terrorism

Anne Aly

Violent Extremism Online: New Perspectives on Terrorism and the Internet

Lynn Revell

Fundamental British Values in Education: Radicalisation, National Identity and Britishness

Discussion, reviews of the book Counter-Radicalisation Policy and the Securing of British Identity: The Politics of Prevent and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.