Counterterrorism and Society: The Contradiction of the Surveillance State – Understanding the Relationship Among Communities, State Authorities, and Society

Skoczylis, Joshua

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-55769-8_5

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“…Such policies have created a climate in which extremism flourishes, across the political spectrum (Europol, 2016). Using Prevent as a surveillance tool only exacerbates these matters (Skoczylis, 2017). Rebuilding trust between communities and the state and allowing individuals and communities a stake in their own future is the only way of reducing extremism and political violence.…”

Section: So Can Prevent Be Saved? No But…mentioning

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A conceptual critique of Prevent: Can Prevent be saved? No, but…

Skoczylis

Andrews

2019

Critical Social Policy

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The UK’s Prevent policy continues to fail in its fundamental purpose to prevent extremism and has at times even created spaces where extremism flourishes. This article goes beyond the mechanism of implementation providing a conceptual understanding of how Prevent maintains the neoliberal status quo. The promotion of the neoliberal status quo, depoliticisation and a lack of focus on root causes continue to undermine Prevent. Any policy aimed at preventing extremism and terrorism must be well integrated into the government’s wider social policies, shifting away from securitisation 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, especially marginalised ones. Creating a healthier democracy will reduce risks of extremism and will negate the need for a Prevent policy based on discrimination and securitisation.

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Section: So Can Prevent Be Saved? No But…mentioning

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A conceptual critique of Prevent: Can Prevent be saved? No, but…

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Andrews

2019

Critical Social Policy

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“…71 British values do this by creating a favourable narrative of British history, positioned against the other that threatens it. 72 This fixation on Britishness generates suspicion towards the other and those who challenge it, 73 and celebrate nationalism and visions of a white ethno-Christian identity. 74 More broadly, public sector workers are mandated to pay due regard to Prevent.…”

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Prevent, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus: Analysing Terrorism Prevention Policies Using Althusser’s Framework

Andrews

Skoczylis

2022

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

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The work of Louis Althusser is well regarded in the study of ideology, having been used to analyse the material basis for ideology, and challenging the idea that ideology is simply a product of the mind. Recent advances in counterterrorism have seen many states adopting preventative programmes which are non-violent, and nominally voluntary, attempting to deradicalise or steer subjects away from radical ideologies, in an attempt to stem terrorist recruits. Many of these programmes claim not to be ideological. Prevent, which is the UK’s preventative counterterrorism programme, claims not to be ideological, but rather only concerned with stopping extremist ideologies. Using Althusser’s Ideological State Apparatus (ISA) framework, this article explores the ideological and material basis of Prevent, arguing that while Prevent assures us of its non-ideological nature, at its core is a programme that is part of the reproductive ideological apparatus of the state.

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The political influence of an interest group: A comparative study on the Muslim minority in the United States and Britain

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2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The article proposes to examine the existing political influence of the Muslim minority in the United States and Britain. The academic literature rarely refers to the component of political power as a tool that can explain the application of policy. Therefore, the analysis in the article will focus on several criteria comparatively between the two countries. The criteria include the influence of colonialism, the demography of the Muslim minority, the identity of the citizen as “Muslim”, integration policies, and the influence of the Muslim lobby. The article will show how these criteria prominently explain the political power of Muslim minorities in the intra-communal public sphere in Britain, in contrast to their relative weakness in the political sphere in the US. This is in accordance with the relative political power in each country. This article offers a new understanding of the political power of civic groups.

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Counterterrorism and Society: The Contradiction of the Surveillance State – Understanding the Relationship Among Communities, State Authorities, and Society

Cited by 5 publications

References 47 publications

A conceptual critique of Prevent: Can Prevent be saved? No, but…

A conceptual critique of Prevent: Can Prevent be saved? No, but…

Prevent, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus: Analysing Terrorism Prevention Policies Using Althusser’s Framework

The political influence of an interest group: A comparative study on the Muslim minority in the United States and Britain

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