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Kist, J.R. van der (2013)

A Bourdieusian Account of EU Terrorism Expertise

Bachelor thesis | Politicologie (BSc)

The last decade marked a significant change in the European Union‟s approach towards terrorism. As a result of terrorist attacks (9/11, Madrid and London) the EU terrorism policy turned from a counter-terrorism approach, stressing repressive efforts targeting an outside threat, towards a counter-radicalization approach, targeting domestic radicalization processes. Led by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the latter approach based itself on a homegrown dimension of terrorism in which identification and resolving underlying causes of radicalization took center stage (Coolsaet 2012, 868). This shift was quite a significant one, since it influenced the traditional sovereignty of member states to deal with these issues themselves (Coolsaet 2012, 689).

European Union

Counter-radicalization turn

Terrorism

Author

Kist, J.R. van der

Note

Genomineerd voor de Van den Berg Bachelorscriptieprijs.

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Politicologie (Bachelor)

Supervisors

Vonno, C.M.C. van

Evaluation

Recommended

Language

en