Countering extremism [[electronic resource] ] : building social resilience through community engagement / / Rohan Gunaratna, Jolene Jerard, Salim Mohamed Nasir

• Autore: Gunaratna Rohan <1961->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Imperial College Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.697094
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism; Security, International
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JerardJolene NasirSalim Mohamed
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors; Chapter 1 Countering Extremism and Building Social Resilience Rohan Gunaratna; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE CONTEXT; 3. BACKGROUND; 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THREAT; 5. THE EVOLUTION OF ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS; 6. COUNTERING EXTREMISM: ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT; 7. SOCIAL RESILIENCE IN CONTEXT; 8. INTERFACING WITH THE COMMUNITY; 9. SUSTAINING AND GROWING COMMUNITY SUPPORT; 10. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Community Engagement: Singapore Experience Low Ai Ling; 1. THE BACKGROUND; 2. WHY DO WE NEED THE CEP?; 3. WHAT IS THE CEP? ; 4. THE STRATEGY AND APPROACH4.1. Expanding the Stakeholder Groups; 4.2. National-Level Structure; 4.3. Ground-Up Approach; 4.4. Align to Existing Platforms; 5. COMMUNITY LEVEL STRUCTURES; 5.1. IRCCs; 5.2. Schools; 5.3. Workplaces; 6. MORE THAN AN "AWARENESS" PROGRAMME; 6.1. Training a Cadre - The Core Group of CEP Activists; 7. CHALLENGES; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Countering Extremism and Building Social Resilience through Community Engagement: South Asian Models Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri; 1. NATURE OF THE PROBLEM; 2. IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ; 3. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS MODELS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT3.1. Australian Model; 3.2. American Model; 3.3 Sri Lankan Model; 3.4. Miscellaneous Models; 3.5 The Making of a Terrorist; 4. THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL; 4.1. Reasons for Radicalization; 4.2. Engagement Model; 4.3. MQI's Struggle Against Terrorism and Extremism; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Community Engagement Models in the Middle East: The As-Sakinah Campaign for Dialogue Sheikh Abdul Mun'im al-Mushawwah; 1. ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CYBER TERRORISM; 2. USE OF THE INTERNET BY TERRORIST INSURGENT GROUPS ; 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF EXTREMIST DISCOURSE4. HOW AS-SAKINAH CAMPAIGN WORKS; 5. THE AS-SAKINAH WEBSITE; 6. REVISIONS; 7. ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Counter-Terrorism: Police and Community Engagement in Britain; Community-Focused or Community-Targeted? Basia Spalek; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE RESEARCH STUDY; 3. 'COMMUNITY', 'ENGAGEMENT' AND 'PARTNERSHIP': SOME DEFINITIONS; 4. RESEARCH DATA; 5. A MODEL CONCEPTUALIZING POLICE- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 'Amrokraten, Bemokraten and Cemokraten': A Case Study of Denazification and Leadership in World War II, 1944-1949 Kristi Cooper1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SELF-MARGINALIZATION IN THE 'ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN'5: THE GENERALS; 3. DENAZIFICATION IN GERMANY, 1944-1949; 4. RE-EDUCATION IN BRITAIN: 'OPERATION OBERON'; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 A Fear Management Approach to Counter-Terrorism Tinka M. Veldhuis & Edwin Bakker; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE 'WORKINGS' OF FEAR IN TERRORISM; 2.1 Fear and Terrorism; 2.2 Consequences of Fear; 2.3 "Invitation to Terror"; 3. PROMOTING RESILIENCE ; 3.1 Resilience as a Protective Factor
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique work is the first to address the subject of community engagement strategies in countering extremism, and explores the development and research of these strategies. In so doing it demystifies the process of community engagement, while simultaneously extolling the virtues of the ground breaking strategies to have been effectively employed in Asia, the Middle East, and the West.The book then proceeds to examine the efforts of community engagement made by several countries against their unique operational and geopolitical environments. Finally, detailed reference is made to the role an
• Titolo autorizzato: Countering extremism
• ISBN: 1-908977-54-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462819403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Imperial College Press Insurgency and Terrorism Series