Books
Books on subjects related to counter-extremism policy and thought, as recommended by Prevent Watch.
The People's Review of Prevent
The People’s Review of Prevent is an alternative review to the Government Shawcross Review.
This review provides a voice to the people most impacted by the Prevent Duty.
Prevent is described as ‘safeguarding’ children from harms. However, under Prevent, safeguarding is focused on protecting the wider public from children believed to be ‘risky’, rather than protecting children from harms.
Throughout our report we present case studies that show how real these harms can be and the distress they cause to children and their families and carers.
This chapter 'The demography of ethnic minorities in Britain' was used as a reference in the People's Review of Prevent to disprove the first argument used for Prevent: "social cohesion"...
Written by John Berger and published in August 2018, this book attempts to understand what extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can lead to violence...
In this monograph focusing on the problems and limitations of British attempts to "prevent violent extremism" relevant to its time, Thomas argues for "new, cohesion-based approaches"...
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