Extremism, Radicalization and Security An Identity Theory Approach
This book considers the application of Identity Theory to contemporary debates on extremism, radicalization and security. Britain is taken as the focus of research, within which a unique comparative study is undertaken of identity politics and narratives
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Julian Richards
Extremism, Radicalization and Security An Identity Theory Approach
Julian Richards University of Buckingham Buckingham, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-55202-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55203-3
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PREFACE
The year in which this book was written was a truly extraordinary one in politics and society. In Britain, a long and bitter campaign leading up to the referendum on whether to leave or remain in the European Union (EU) – a campaign which seemed to be based as much on myth as on any solid fact on both sides of the debate – culminated in a seismic shock to the political and economic establishment with a decision by a majority of the voting public to remove the country from the Union. The campaign managed to turn politics on its head and deliver complex alliances that rode roughshod over traditional party boundaries. As far as Britain was concerned, if there was any doubt that postmodern and postmaterialist politics had resolutely arrived, it was dispelled during 2016. On a much darker note, the referendum campaign had also seen the murder of the Labour MP, Jo Cox, by a man supporting Far Right ideology; the first time a sitting MP had been killed in Britain for more than twenty-five years. The period before and after the June 2016 referendum was also marked by an upsurge in abuse and intimidation directed at immigrant communities and ethnic minorities, some of it at a very ser
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