Working across boundaries in preventing violent extremism: Towards a typology for collaborative arrangements in PVE policy

Liam Stephens, Stijn Sieckelinck

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Abstract

Preventing violent extremism has become a concern for policy makers at all levels from municipal governments to international organisations. A common feature of policy at all levels is the call for collaboration between different sectors, professionals, organisations and communities. While collaboration features so centrally in PVE policy, currently there is no overarching framework through which the many instances of collaboration can be analysed or compared. This paper offers a typology of collaborative arrangements in PVE policy derived from a multilevel policy analysis. This typology creates a foundation for further research into the effectiveness and limitations of different collaborative arrangements in the context of PVE.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)272-313
Number of pages42
JournalJournal for Deradicalization
Volume20
Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2019

Funding

The research leading to this typology is part of a larger project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport under Grant 326434. This project, ‘Authoritative Alliances’, is investigating grassroots practices aimed at preventing violent extremism that involve the collaboration of different actors and adopt primarily social and educative rather than security-driven strategies. As well as following these practices in the field, we are examining the policy context in which these practices are embedded. It is in order to understand this embedded policy context that we have conducted a multi-level policy-analysis looking at at international, national, and municipal level PVE policy documents or action plans. The following typology has been developed as an outcome of this analysis. Another strand of the project includes thirty-two interviews with policy-makers and practitioners in three countries regarding their perspectives on PVE2. While the interview data will be the subject of a future paper, and are not systematically analysed in this paper, two short vignettes drawn from three of these interviews are presented to highlight certain issues arising in collaboration in practice. The research leading to this typology is part of a larger project funded by the Dutch Ministry

Keywords

  • PVE
  • Collaboration
  • Multi-Sector
  • Partnerships
  • Radicalisation

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