Clubb, G orcid.org/0000-0002-5168-2043 and O'Connor, R (2019) Understanding the effectiveness and desirability of de-radicalisation: How de-radicalisation is framed in The Daily Mail. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 21 (2). pp. 349-366. ISSN 1369-1481
Abstract
Research on de-radicalisation has been primarily concerned with the efficacy of de-radicalisation programmes and their negative consequences. However, there has been little research on how the public perceives de-radicalisation programmes and whether they are viewed as effective or desirable. It is important to understand public attitudes to de-radicalisation programmes because public opinion can affect the capacity to deliver the programmes. The following article takes a first step towards understanding these issues by examining how The Daily Mail has framed de-radicalisation in terms of whether or not the programmes are effective or desirable. We argue that an assumption of potential efficacy exists throughout the newspaper’s framing of de-radicalisation which presents the policy as desirable, despite also framing de-radicalisation as ineffective. While practitioners are reluctant to promote de-radicalisation programmes, The Daily Mail’s framing of de-radicalisation as natural, logical and desirable reflects the concept’s ideological flexibility as both a rehabilitative and normative endeavour.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. This is an author produced version of a paper published in British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Keywords: | counter violent extremism, Daily Mail, de-radicalization, framing, media, Prevent, returning foreign fighters, terrorism |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2018 14:49 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2019 15:07 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1369148118819067 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:137739 |