Boukalas, Christos (2019) The Prevent paradox: destroying liberalism in order to protect it. Crime, Law and Social Change, 72 (4). pp. 467-482. ISSN 0925-4994
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Abstract
Counter-extremism is the most dynamic part of UK counterterrorism policy. This article examines Prevent, the flagship counter-extremism programme, through a state-theoretical lens. It addresses questions of state institutionality, state power, and state-society relations. It argues that counter-extremism aims to avert the possibility of a political future by repressing the formation of non-liberal political subjectivities. To achieve this, Prevent divides society along political lines; aligns welfare institutions with the security apparatus; mobilises society in a security endeavour; exercises an authoritarian ‘pastoral’ power; replaces trust with generalised suspicion; and construes subjectivities without capacity for historical agency. Therefore, Prevent is a political paradox: an anti-liberal project aiming to secure and perpetuate liberalism.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | L200 Politics M900 Other in Law |
Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School |
Depositing User: | Paul Burns |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2019 10:14 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2021 15:45 |
URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/38442 |