The Prevent Strategy and Right-wing Extremism : A Case Study of the English Defence League

Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Prevent Strategy and Right-wing ExtremismA Case Study of the English Defence League\nAuthor(s): Craig J.J. McCann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367730420, 978-0367730420\nSynopsis\nIn 2011 the [url] Government reviewed its counter terrorism Prevent Strategy to include \""all forms of extremism\"" with an emphasis on right-wing extremism. This book - written by the former Head of Strategy and Policy at the Office of the National Coordinator for Prevent - provides the most detailed assessment yet of this shift in emphasis. \n\nIt explores how the inclusion of right-wing extremism within the counter terrorism Prevent Strategy impacted local responses to the English Defence League. This is explored through numerous interviews and several case studies which were carried out by the author while he was serving as a senior police officer within the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police Service. The b.