Higham-James, Natalie and Holland, Jack (2024) Enactors of the State:The everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Political Studies. ISSN 0032-3217
Abstract
Since 2001, studies of (counter)terrorism and (counter)radicalisation have burgeoned. However, at times, these literatures have reduced the agency of ordinary citizens, imagining them as ‘actors of the state’ and ‘petty sovereigns’. By integrating vernacular security approaches with allied research in Education, we develop a novel ontological conceptualisation of ordinary citizens as ‘enactors of the state’, engaged in the everyday coproduction of security. The article presents the findings of a survey, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and participant observations, conducted in Manchester’s Further Education sector, following the 2017 Arena attack. We capture the security enactments of ninety-five elites, professionals, teachers, and students. Our data reveals the complex interactions, ensembles, and assemblages at the heart of security’s everyday coproduction. In contrast to existing approaches, we show how this creative dynamic operates through citizens’ variegated imbrications with state policy, complex relationalities, and subtle nuances in everyday enactment. Author Contribution statement: All named authors contributed significantly to the intellectual development of the article and approved the final version published. JH took the lead in framing the paper and NHJ designed the methodology and provided the data.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2024 17:10 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 19:48 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241236074 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00323217241236074 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209387 |
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