New Approaches to Countering Terrorism: Designing and Evaluating Counter Radicalization and De-Radicalization Programs

by H. El-Said

Overview

Hamed El-Said investigates Counter-de-Rad programmes in Muslim majority and Muslim minority states. This multifaceted book provides a new approach to evaluate Counter-de-Rad Programmes and develops a holistic framework which will allow policy-makers and practitioners to design and effectively implement and assess such programmes in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137449962
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/30/2015
Series:	New Security Challenges
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Hamed El-Said is Chair and Professor of International Business and Political Economy at the Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has acted as an advisor to the United Nations Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force and to the Arab Thought Forum. El-Said is best known for his work on economic and political reforms in the Arab World, the social and economic impact of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Stablisation and Structural Adjustment Lending Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa, and the rise of Islamists in the Arab World. His recent works include Globalization, Democratization and Radicalization in the Arab World (with Jane Harrigan, Palgrave, 2011) and Deradicalizing Violent Extremists: Learning from Counter Radicalization and De-radicalization programmes of Muslim-Majority States (with Jane Harrigan, 2013).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Counter De-Rad: Setting the Framework 3. Radicalization in a Western Context: The Case of Australia 4. Counter Radicalization and Deradicalization in a Western Context: The Case of Australia 5. Mauritania: From Toleration to Violent Islam 6. Singapore: Crisis of Identity, Shared Values and Religious Rehabilitation 7. Sudan: Deradicalization and Counter Radicalization in a Radicalizing Environment 8. From Militarization to Democratization: The Transformation of Turkey's Counter Terrorism Strategy 9. Conclusion and Some Remarks

Editorial Reviews

Hamel El-Said evaluates several ‘Counter Radicalization and De-Radicalization Programs’ in several nation states or regions of the world. … the study is full of insights on how and why de-radicalization works and fails. It is a good and timely book.” (Huseyin Cicek, Journal of Global Analysis, Vol. 6 (2), 2016)

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