'We have to be really careful': policy intermediaries preventing violent extremism in an era of risk

In the field of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) schools have an important role to play, but precisely how policy actors and educators should best respond to extremism within their schools remains uncertain. Reporting on data from a broader study, this article draws on semi-struct...

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Published inJournal of education policy Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 461 - 481
Main Authors Baak, Melanie, Stahl, Garth, Schulz, Samantha, Adams, Ben
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 04.05.2022
Subjects
At Risk Students
Beck
Beck (U)
Conflict Resolution
countering violent extremism (CVE)
Disadvantaged Youth
Educational policy
Financial Support
Foreign Countries
High risk students
Interviews
Justice
Language Usage
Leadership Responsibility
Mass Media Effects
Muslims
Policy analysis
Policy enactment
Policy formation
policy intermediaries
preventing violent extremism (PVE)
Prevention
Program Development
Program Effectiveness
Public Policy
Radicalisation
radicalization
Risk
Risk Management
Student Behavior
Student Diversity
Terrorism
Violence
Australia
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Summary:In the field of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) schools have an important role to play, but precisely how policy actors and educators should best respond to extremism within their schools remains uncertain. Reporting on data from a broader study, this article draws on semi-structured interviews with three participants. The participants were working as policy intermediaries responsible for implementing a federally funded, small-scale grant to develop a program in four Australian schools intended to guard against student behaviours deemed 'at risk' of leading to violent extremism. Investigating the strategies and negotiations of these policy intermediaries, we demonstrate the politicization of policy enactment in the field of P/CVE. We draw on Beck's work to understand the discourses of risk that underpin the P/CVE space and to focus on the strategic negotiations of these policy intermediaries as responses to various forms of risk. The findings contribute to understandings of 'risk management' in a neoliberal state particularly in the development and enactment of policy in education, through a focus on how policy intermediaries operate in an 'in-between' space between federal prerogatives and local constraints.
Bibliography:Refereed article. Includes bibliographical references.
ISSN:0268-0939
1464-5106
DOI:10.1080/02680939.2020.1859620