Encountering Extremism

Alice Martini is Lecturer of International Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid, SpainKieran Ford received his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of OtagoRichard Jackson is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago

• Introduction: Encountering extremism: a critical examination of theoretical issues and local challenges – Alice Martini, Kieran Ford and Richard JacksonPart I: What’s in a name? Theoretically deconstructing extremism1 Interrogating the concept of (violent) extremism: a genealogical study of terrorism and counterterrorism discourses – Chin-Kuei Tsui2 Conceptualising violent extremism: ontological, epistemological and normative issues – Sondre Lindahl3 Knowledge, power, subject: constituting the extremist/moderate subject – Mariela Cuadro4 The lone (white) wolf, ‘terrorism’ and the suspect community – Marie Breen-Smyth5 The personal is political: feminist critiques of countering violent extremism – Jessica Auchter6 A peace studies approach to countering extremism: do counter-extremism strategies produce peace? – Kieran Ford7 What is an educational response to extreme and radical ideas and why does it matter? – Aislinn O’DonnellPart II: Extremism, countering extremism and preventing extremism: from theory to international and local challenges8 Legitimising countering extremism at an international level: the role of the United Nations Security Council – Alice Martini9 International PVE and Tunisia: a local critique of international donors’ discourses – Guendalina Simoncini10 Communication as legitimation in Spanish CVE: bringing lessons from the past – Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín11 Extremists or patriots? Racialisation of countering violent extremism programming in the United States – Priya Dixit12 The CVE paradox: inapplicability and necessity in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Tanja Dramac Jiries13 Drivers or decoys? Women and the narrative of extremist violence in Pakistan – Afiya Shehrbano Zia14 The mayor of Abuja and the ‘Pied Piper’ of Maiduguri: extremism and the ‘politics of mutual envy’ in Nigeria? – Akinyemi OyawaleIndex