Hamed El-Said investigates Counter-de-Rad programmes in Muslim majority and Muslim minority states. This multifaceted book provides a new approach to evaluate Counter-de-Rad Programmes and develops a holistic framework which will allow policy-makers and practitioners to design and effectively implement and assess such programmes in the future.

Comprehensive model for policy makers to design and effectively implement Counter-de-Rad programmes Detailed study of 'soft' approaches to counter radicalization and the prevention of the emergence of future generations of radicals Original case studies, including Counter-de-Radicalization programmes in Mauritania, Sudan and Turkey, discussed for the first time

Autorentext
Hamed El-Said is Chair and Professor of International Business and Political Economy at the Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has acted as an advisor to the United Nations Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force and to the Arab Thought Forum. El-Said is best known for his work on economic and political reforms in the Arab World, the social and economic impact of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Stablisation and Structural Adjustment Lending Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa, and the rise of Islamists in the Arab World. His recent works include Globalization, Democratization and Radicalization in the Arab World (with Jane Harrigan, Palgrave, 2011) and Deradicalizing Violent Extremists: Learning from Counter Radicalization and De-radicalization programmes of Muslim-Majority States (with Jane Harrigan, 2013).

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Counter De-Rad: Setting the Framework 3. Radicalization in a Western Context: The Case of Australia 4. Counter Radicalization and Deradicalization in a Western Context: The Case of Australia 5. Mauritania: From Toleration to Violent Islam 6. Singapore: Crisis of Identity, Shared Values and Religious Rehabilitation 7. Sudan: Deradicalization and Counter Radicalization in a Radicalizing Environment 8. From Militarization to Democratization: The Transformation of Turkey's Counter Terrorism Strategy 9. Conclusion and Some Remarks