TY - BOOK ID - 8131429 TI - Responding to the threat of violent extremism : failing to prevent PY - 2012 SN - 1849665257 9781849665254 9786613676153 1849666008 1280699183 PB - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Radicalism. KW - Terrorism -- Europe. KW - Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam. KW - Terrorism -- Social aspects. KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - Social Sciences KW - Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency KW - Islamic fundamentalism KW - Government policy KW - Prevention. KW - Terrorism KW - Social aspects. KW - Religious aspects. KW - Extremism, Political KW - Ideological extremism KW - Political extremism KW - Political science KW - Religious militants KW - Prevention UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8131429 AB - How should we understand home-grown terrorism like the 7/7 London bombings? This is a classic monograph focusing on recent British attempts to 'prevent violent extremism', their problems and limitations, and what lessons this can offer for more effective policy approaches in future. Paul Thomas's extensive research suggests that the Prevent policy approaches, and the wider CONTEST counter-terrorism strategy, have been misguided and ineffective, further alienating British Muslim communities instead of supporting longer-term integration. He argues that new, cohesion-based approaches encouraging ER -