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The politic of everyday counter-terrorism: online performances and responsibilities of the Prevent Duty in UK Higher Education Institutions

The politic of everyday counter-terrorism: online performances and responsibilities of the Prevent Duty in UK Higher Education Institutions
The politic of everyday counter-terrorism: online performances and responsibilities of the Prevent Duty in UK Higher Education Institutions
The Prevent Duty mandates that public authorities must work to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. In this paper we review how 158 UK HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) have responded to this new duty by examining their public facing webpages and Prevent policy documentation. In doing this we draw upon de Certeau’s notions of the everyday to highlight how such initiatives are presented publicly to viewing audiences, and how messages seep into and deepen security measures within UK Higher Education. In reviewing the performative element of Prevent, specifically how information is displayed, we find that the majority of UK HEIs have approached their new roles through the prism of ‘compliance’ and/or ‘safeguarding’. The paper argues presentations of safeguarding, reassurance and reluctance offer a telling insight into how the Duty has been adopted in HEIseveryday practice.
counter-terrorism, de Certeau, everyday, higher education, Prevent Duty, websites
0038-0385
1118-1136
Spiller, Keith
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Whiting, Andrew
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Spiller, Keith, Whiting, Andrew, Awan, Imran and Campbell, Ben (2023) The politic of everyday counter-terrorism: online performances and responsibilities of the Prevent Duty in UK Higher Education Institutions. Sociology, 57 (5), 1118-1136. (doi:10.1177/00380385221129950).

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The Prevent Duty mandates that public authorities must work to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. In this paper we review how 158 UK HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) have responded to this new duty by examining their public facing webpages and Prevent policy documentation. In doing this we draw upon de Certeau’s notions of the everyday to highlight how such initiatives are presented publicly to viewing audiences, and how messages seep into and deepen security measures within UK Higher Education. In reviewing the performative element of Prevent, specifically how information is displayed, we find that the majority of UK HEIs have approached their new roles through the prism of ‘compliance’ and/or ‘safeguarding’. The paper argues presentations of safeguarding, reassurance and reluctance offer a telling insight into how the Duty has been adopted in HEIseveryday practice.

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Submitted date: September 2021
Accepted/In Press date: September 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 November 2022
Published date: October 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: the authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: the research that informs the article was part of the Desecuritising Higher Education project that has been funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. However, the views expressed are not necessarily those of the Trust.
Keywords: counter-terrorism, de Certeau, everyday, higher education, Prevent Duty, websites

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Local EPrints ID: 470729
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/470729
ISSN: 0038-0385
PURE UUID: 9971702b-5299-4fd9-9873-1b29207f5780
ORCID for Keith Spiller: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5796-8165

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Date deposited: 18 Oct 2022 17:20
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 04:07

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Author: Keith Spiller ORCID iD
Author: Andrew Whiting
Author: Imran Awan
Author: Ben Campbell

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