Countering extremism is starting to receive more attention as a subject of research in academia and policy circles alike, demonstrating its rising popularity within the market. Nevertheless, the market currently lacks literature on the topic of extremism (as opposed to terrorism), and critical approaches in particular. The concept of this book thus grows from the need to look at the under-researched approaches to the topic from a critical perspective.This book brings together a set of scholars from a diverse range of countries, experts in many fields of social sciences to present valuable multidisciplinary analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects related to countering extremism. It will thus be of interest for scholars and students of the following disciplines, among others: Anthropology, Comparative Politics, Criminology, Education Studies, Gender Studies, International Relations, Post-colonial Studies, Peace Studies, Sociology, Subaltern Studies, Terrorism Studies.

Alice Martini is a Research Associate at the SantAnna School of Advanced StudiesKieran Ford received his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of OtagoRichard Jackson is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago

Introduction: Encountering extremism: a critical examination of theoretical issues and local challenges Alice Martini, Kieran Ford and Richard JacksonPart I: Whats in a name? Theoretically deconstructing extremism1 Interrogating the concept of (violent) extremism: a genealogical study of terrorism and counterterrorism discourses Chin-Kuei Tsui2 Conceptualising violent extremism: ontological, epistemological and normative issues Sondre Lindahl3 Knowledge, power, subject: constituting the extremist/moderate subject Mariela Cuadro4 The lone (white) wolf, terrorism and the suspect community Marie Breen-Smyth5 The personal is political: feminist critiques of countering violent extremism Jessica Auchter6 A peace studies approach to countering extremism: do counter-extremism strategies produce peace? Kieran Ford7 What is an educational response to extreme and radical ideas and why does it matter? Aislinn ODonnellPart II: Extremism, countering extremism and preventing extremism: from theory to international and local challenges8 Legitimising countering extremism at an international level: the role of the United Nations Security Council Alice Martini9 International PVE and Tunisia: a local critique of international donors discourses Guendalina Simoncini10 Communication as legitimation in Spanish CVE: bringing lessons from the past Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín11 Extremists or patriots? Racialisation of countering violent extremism programming in the United States Priya Dixit12 The CVE paradox: inapplicability and necessity in Bosnia and Herzegovina Tanja Dramac Jiries13 Drivers or decoys? Women and the narrative of extremist violence in Pakistan Afiya Shehrbano Zia14 The mayor of Abuja and the Pied Piper of Maiduguri: extremism and the politics of mutual envy in Nigeria? Akinyemi OyawaleIndex