The Fight Over Freedom in 20th- and 21st-Century International Discourse Moments of ‘self-determination’

Denne boken viser hvordan en kamp mellom to ulike ideer om frihet har spilt seg ut i de siste hundre års internasjonal diskurs om ‘selvbestemmelse’: en ‘radikal’ frihetsidé og en ‘liberal-konservativ’ idé om frihet. Boken kaster nytt lys på de historiske øyeblikkene siden begynnelsen av 1900-tallet...

Localising ‘radicalisation’: Risk assessment practices in Greece and the United Kingdom

This article juxtaposes anti-radicalisation policy in the United Kingdom, one of the pioneers in the field, with Greece, one of the latecomers. Drawing on localisation theory, our aim is to understand how ‘common knowledge’ of radicalisation and counter-radicalisation has materialised in the United Kingdom...

Between vulnerability and risk? Mental health in UK counter-terrorism

Forholdet mellom terrorisme og psykisk helse har vært gjenstand for forskning i flere tiår. Til nå har litteraturen konsentrert seg om forholdet mellom terrorisme og diagnostiserbare lidelser, samt om forekomsten av visse psykologiske trekk bland terrordømte. Spørsmålet om hvordan hensyn rundt psykisk...

Measuring radicalisation: risk assessment conceptualisations and practice in England and Wales

Individual ‘radicalisation’- extremism- and terrorism-related risk assessment tools have become increasingly central instruments of counter-terrorism. The scholarship on such tools, however, is still its infancy, and remains concentrated on methodological issues and on identifying the ‘best’ indicator...

Radicalization and foreign fighters in the Kosovo context: An analysis of international media coverage of the phenomena

This working paper takes a critical look at the written coverage of issues of jihadi radicalization and foreign fighters from Kosovo, identifying key themes, assumptions, and areas where the press seems to have missed certain points. The paper is based on an extensive survey of written English-language...

Privatization in Kosovo: ‘Liberal Peace’ in Practice