Limits of UK Counterterrorism Policy and its Implications for Islamophobia and Far Right Extremism

The UK Government has recently announced a new Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 to facilitate tackling the threat of violent extremism. In light of this and previous initiatives, this paper provides a critical assessment of UK counterterrorism policy. This policy has created a notion of ‘suspect communities’ such that it has alienated young Muslims at the community engagement level, conceivably and empirically, potentially further exacerbating concerns government and communities have over questions of radicalisation, extremism, and the associated political and criminal violence. This paper argues that such policies can lead to the institutionalisation of Islamophobia, acting as an echo chamber for far right extremism to flourish. Significant gaps in government policy in this area can only be addressed by fostering effective relations between communities and policy makers, with enablers such as police officers, youth workers, activists and faith leaders empowered to formulate nuanced approaches in various local area settings. Given the social, cultural and political situation regarding British Muslim youth, including those presently thought to be fighting in parts of Iraq and Syria, as well as ongoing threats on UK soil presented as imminent and dangerous by UK government, there remain acute challenges with limited opportunities.

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Religion, Identity and Radicalisation

Journal of Muslims in Europe ◽

10.1163/22117954-12341336 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Imran Awan

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Counter Terrorism ◽

Current Rise ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

British Muslims ◽

Uk Government ◽

The Uk

The current rise in the numbers of young British Muslims travelling from the UK to Syria has raised a number of questions about the UK Government’s counter-terrorism strategy and policy. Within the current discourse on radicalisation and Syria, listening to the voices of young British Muslims is crucial, if the UK Government, the police and other key stakeholders are serious about preventing the escalation of young people going out to fight in Syria. This article makes an important contribution to helping us better understand young British Muslims’ perceptions of the crisis in Syria and offers policy makers some thoughts on how best to engage young people in the debate on Syria without demonising them or stereotyping them as ‘suspects’.

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Moving Towards EMU: The Challenges Ahead

National Institute Economic Review ◽

10.1177/002795019615800106 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 158 ◽

pp. 64-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John Arrowsmith ◽

Christopher Taylor

Keyword(s):

Monetary Union ◽

Maastricht Treaty ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Policy Issues ◽

Economic Rationale ◽

Uk Government ◽

The Uk

The transition to monetary union in Europe, which began formally when Stage 2 started in January 1993, is now well over half way to completion, according to the deadlines set in the Maastricht Treaty. The first decisions on Stage 3 are approaching fast, yet the prospects for its commencement are still very unclear, and many important practical and policy issues are still in doubt. This article provides an overview of the EMU debate, covering the latest developments on convergence (Section 1), the main institutional matters still to be resolved before Stage 3 begins (Section 2), the key problems awaiting policy-makers in Stage 3 (Section 3), and finally the controversy about the economic rationale of EMU (Section 4). It concludes that the UK Government was wise to defer a decision on whether to participate in Stage 3 until the implications became clearer, but that it would be unwise to abandon the option, which it presently risks doing, by design or default.

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Black Lives Matter and the Anti-Woke Campaign in the UK

10.5772/intechopen.99929 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Pilkington

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Police Officers ◽

Right Wing ◽

Structural Racism ◽

The Us ◽

Historical Role ◽

Uk Government ◽

The Government ◽

The Uk ◽

The Right

The murder of George Floyd by police officers in the US in 2020 reignited the Black live matter movement and reverberated across the world. In the UK many young people demonstrated their determination to resist structural racism and a number of organizations subsequently acknowledged the need to take action to promote race equality and reflect upon their historical role in colonialism and slavery. At the same time, resistance to these challenges has mounted, with right-wing news media and the UK government drawing upon an anti-woke or anti-PC discourse to disparage attempts to combat structural racism and decolonise the curriculum. This chapter argues that the campaign to discredit anti-racism culminated in 2021 in the production of the Sewell report commissioned by the government. This chapter critically examines this report and the discourse which underpins the report. The discourse is consonant with that of the anti-woke campaign propagated by the right-wing news media and the UK government, and entails the reproductoion of rather than opposition to structural racism.

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The supply of professionals

Education Policy ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447342144.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 171-186

Author(s):

Stephen Gorard

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Economic Downturn ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Government Education ◽

Uk Government ◽

And Mathematics ◽

The Uk ◽

Scientific Skills

This chapter considers the reported shortages of scientists and school teachers in the United Kingdom. STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects, students, and teachers occupy a privileged position in UK government education policy because of their economic importance, but are in short supply and/or reducing in proportion to the number of available opportunities. As with scientists, there appears to be a constant demand for more teachers in the United Kingdom and other developed countries. This chapter shows that whereas UK public spending has declined in real terms since the economic downturn of 2008 onwards, one area where policy-makers have claimed that spending has been sustained and even increased is encouraging the supply of new STEM graduates. The UK government proposals to develop the nation's scientific skills base largely lie in increasing the supply of young people into the STEM professions. Similarly, a whole range of policy initiatives have been proposed and tried to increase the supply of teachers. This chapter shows, however, the issue of shortages has yet to be effectively addressed.

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Flawed Progress: Criticisms of Residential Institutions for Child Migrants in Australia and Policy Responses, 1939–1945

UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970 - Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-69728-0_3 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 55-90

Author(s):

Gordon Lynch

Keyword(s):

Regular System ◽

Government Officials ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

After Care ◽

Child Migration ◽

Care Training ◽

Uk Government ◽

The Uk ◽

Second World

AbstractThe positive view of child migration held by UK Government officials in the inter-war period was not based on any regular system of inspections of the institutions in Australia to which children were sent. During the Second World War, UK Government officials became more of reported problems at several of these institutions, relating to standards of accommodation, management, care, training and after-care. This chapter traces the growing awareness of these problems and the UK Government’s response to them. Whilst policy-makers’ positive assumptions about child migration were challenged, and specific issues and institutions were known to require significant improvement, overall confidence in the value of child migration remained. Despite evidence of organisational failings in Australia, Australian welfare professionals were trusted to address these problems, and suggestions about the need for greater control from the United Kingdom were seen as a backward-looking attempt to limit the autonomy of Britain’s Dominions.

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PENEGAKKAN HUKUM TINDAK PIDANA ILLEGAL LOGING (ANTARA HARAPAN DAN KENYATAAN)

Yustisia Jurnal Hukum ◽

10.20961/yustisia.v2i2.10192 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Winarno Budyatmojo

Keyword(s):

Police Officers ◽

Raw Material ◽

Illegal Logging ◽

Screening Process ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Local Police ◽

A Chain ◽

Donor Agencies ◽

The Uk ◽

The Eu

AbstrakTindak pidana illegal logging/penebangan liar menunjukan adanya suatu rangkaian kegiatan yang merupakan suatu mata rantai yang saling terkait, mulai dari sumber atau prosedur kayu illegal atau yang melakukan penebangan kayu secar illegal hingga ke konsumen atau pengguna bahan baku kayu. Kayu tersebut melalui proses penyaringan yang illegal, pengangkutan illegal dan proses eksport atau penjualan yang illegal. Proses penebangan liar ini, dalam perkembangannya semakin nyata terjadi dan sering kali kayu–kayu illegal hasil dari penebangan yang liar itu dicuci (dilegalkan) terlebih dahulu sebelum memasuki pasar yang legal, artinya bahwa kayu-kayu pada hakekatnya adalah illegal, dilegalkan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu yang bekerja sama dengan oknum aparat, sehingga kayu-kayu tersebut memasuki pasar, maka sulit lagi diidentifikasi mana yang merupakan kayu illegal dan mana yang merupakan kayu legal. Upaya pencegahan telah dilakukan pemerintah untuk mem-berantas illegal logging yaitu telah membuat banyak kesepakatan dengan negara lain dalam upaya penegakan hukum terhadap illegal logging dan perdagangan illegal, seperti Inggris, Uni Eropa, RRC, Jepang dan Korea Selatan. Juga tidak kalah banyaknya adalah upaya LSM Internasional dan lembaga donor membantu Indonesia dalam memberantas illegal logging. Berbagai pertemuan telah dilakukan, namun senyatanya rencana-rencana aksi yang dibuat seringkali tidak menyelesaikan akar masalah. Sedangkan di dalam negeri, menurut Departemen Kehutanan, setidaknya ada 11 (sebelas) lembaga dan instansi pemerintah di Pusat yang menentukan upaya pemberantasan pembalakan liar tersebut, akan tetapi kerjasama kuratif yang bersifat polisionil tersebut tidaklah mudah mewujudkannya dalam pemberantasan illegal logging. Oleh karena itu tulisan ini diharapkan dapat menjadi sumbangan pemikiran bagi pengambil kebijakan baik di tingkat pusat maupun daerah.Kata Kunci: Penegakkan, Hukum, Illegal Loging, Harapan, Kenyataan.AbstractIllegal logging activities showed the presence of a series of activities that constitute a chain of inter- related , ranging from illegal timber sources or procedure or the conduct of illegal logging in abundance up to the consumer or user of wood raw material . The timber screening process is illegal, and the illegal transportation of export or sale is illegal . The logging process , the more real development going on and often times the result of illegal timber from illegal logging was washed ( legalized ) before entering the legal market , means that the timber is essentially illegal , legalized by the parties certain cooperate with local police officers , so that the timber enters the market , it is difficult to be identified which is a timber which is illegal and legal timber . prevention efforts have been made governments to eradicate illegal logging that has made many agreements with other countries in law enforcement efforts against illegal logging and illegal trade , such as the UK , the EU , the prc , Japan and South Korea . Is also not lose much effort NgOs and donor agencies to assist Indonesia in combating illegal logging . Various meetings have been held , but the actual action plans that are made are often not solve the root problem . While in the country , according to the department of Forestry , there are at least 11 ( eleven ) institutions and government agencies in central decisive efforts to combat illegal logging , but cooperation curative nature is not easy to make it happen in combating illegal logging . Therefore, this paper is expected to be a conceptual contribution to the policy makers at national and local levels .Keywords: Enforcement, Law, Illegal Loging, Expectation, reality

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Viewing domestic workers problems through a human rights lens

Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal ◽

10.1108/edi-12-2014-0083 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 34 (7) ◽

pp. 622-633

Author(s):

Ismail Idowu Salih

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Domestic Work ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Domestic Workers ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Home Office ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Content Type ◽

Uk Government ◽

The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern and attitude of the UK government towards international frameworks that promotes humane treatment of domestic workers and the respect of their human rights. This paper also examines the UK government continued refusal to adopt ILO Convention 189 that consolidates the framework for regulating domestic work. Design/methodology/approach – Using the concept of human rights, this paper conducts an extensive literature review on domestic workers; migrants in particular. Findings – This paper concludes that the best way to deal with the problems faced by domestic workers in the UK is the inclusion of them in all aspects of employment and health and safety protection, the regulation of domestic work, and a review of the domestic workers visas. Research limitations/implications – The Home Office has commissioned a panel to look into the effect of the current domestic workers visa on the vulnerability of the workers. The panel’s report is yet to be released as at the time of drafting this viewpoint. Practical implications – This paper contains useful informational for policy makers, NGOs, and academics. Social implications – This papers is a useful tool for a symposium, seminar, or conference. Originality/value – This paper contains original work of the author; except where copyright is acknowledged.

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The ‘Modernisation’ of Scotland and its Impact on Glasgow, 1955–1979: ‘Unwanted Side Effects’ and Vulnerabilities

Scottish Affairs ◽

10.3366/scot.2016.0137 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 294-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Chik Collins ◽

Ian Levitt

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Government Policy ◽

Regional Policy ◽

Excess Mortality ◽

Policy Agenda ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Uk Government ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Impact

This article reports findings of research into the far-reaching plan to ‘modernise’ the Scottish economy, which emerged from the mid-late 1950s and was formally adopted by government in the early 1960s. It shows the growing awareness amongst policy-makers from the mid-1960s as to the profoundly deleterious effects the implementation of the plan was having on Glasgow. By 1971 these effects were understood to be substantial with likely severe consequences for the future. Nonetheless, there was no proportionate adjustment to the regional policy which was creating these understood ‘unwanted’ outcomes, even when such was proposed by the Secretary of State for Scotland. After presenting these findings, the paper offers some consideration as to their relevance to the task of accounting for Glasgow's ‘excess mortality’. It is suggested that regional policy can be seen to have contributed to the accumulation of ‘vulnerabilities’, particularly in Glasgow but also more widely in Scotland, during the 1960s and 1970s, and that the impact of the post-1979 UK government policy agenda on these vulnerabilities is likely to have been salient in the increase in ‘excess mortality’ evident in subsequent years.

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