The new extremism in 21st century Britain / / edited by Roger Eatwell and Matthew J. Goodwin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462401003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-84466-4; 1-135-16487-8; 0-203-85961-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in extremism and democracy
• Altri autori (Persone): EatwellRoger; GoodwinMatthew
• Disciplina: 303.48/409410905; 303.48409410905; 320.50941
• Soggetti: Radicalism - Great Britain - History - 21st century; Muslims - Great Britain; Social isolation - Great Britain; Electronic books.; Great Britain Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The 'new' extremism in twenty-first-century Britain; Part I; 1 Religious extremism in Britain and British Muslims: Threatened citizenship and the role of religion; 2 Mobilization, recruitment, violence and the street: Radical violent takfiri Islamism in early twenty-first-century Britain; 3 Faith and state: British policy responses to 'Islamist' extremism; 4 Policing the 'new extremism' in twenty-first-century Britain; 5 Policing within a counter-terrorism context post-7/7: The importance of partnership, dialogue and support when engaging with Muslim communities6 'Preventing violent extremism' - why local context matters; Part II; 7 Who might vote for the BNP?: Survey evidence on the electoral potential of the extreme right in Britain; 8 In search of ; the winning formula: Nick Griffin and the 'modernization' of the British National Party; 9 Who votes extreme right in twenty-first-century Britain?: The social bases of support for the National Front and British National Party; 10 Responses to the extreme right in BritainConclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety of challenges to the liberal democratic order have emerged, the main focus of concern among academics, policy-makers and practitioners within Europe and beyond has been on the growth and activities of Islamists and to a lesser extent the extreme right. However, these forms of extremism are seldom placed alongside each other, and in a manner that is sensitive to both the causes and consequences of extremist mobilization. This book presents new emp