Abstract
In recent times young British Muslims
have become objects of the official
discursive construction of “vulnerability to
radicalisation” within UK counterterrorism
law, policy and practice. This
chapter critiques and contests the
assumptions and arguments within
vulnerability to radicalisation discourse
that give legitimacy to pre-emptive
practices of state surveillance and
intervention in the lives of British Muslim
children and young people, purportedly in
their best interests, but which effectively
serve to pathologise and de-legitimise
youthful political dissent. Implications for
the political rights of young British Muslims
are of central concern, along with the
implications for social workers expected to
deploy these governance practices on
behalf of the state
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Governing Youth Politics in the Age of Surveillance |
Editors | Maria, T Grasso, Judith Bessant |
Place of Publication | Abingdon |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 108-122 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-13-863012-3 |
Publication status | Published - 14 Feb 2018 |