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Supping with the devil
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extreme
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Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalisation
Elizabeth Pearson, Hurst, £45
THE aim of this book, and the research underpinning it, is a noble one.
Elizabeth Pearson, currently the programme lead for the MSc in Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, says: “Understanding the men and women involved in extreme movements will better equip us to counter them.”
She undertook primary research among two of Britain’s key extremist movements: the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun (ALM), and those networked to it; and the anti-Islam radical right, including the English Defence League (EDL) and Britain First.
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