ERC Starting Grant · 2019
Neoliberal Terror: The Radicalisation of Social Policy in Europe
This project is the first to systematically investigate the introduction of counterterrorism within Health and Social care across Europe. The longstanding separation of medicine and care from policing/intelligence in liberal societies has been superseded in the era of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). This study explores the political, economic and discursive mechanisms behind this dramatic policy shift, as well as the consequences for medical ethics and society. The project makes a major research contribution by exploring the integration of counterterrorism within caregiving professions as an effect of neoliberalism, through a methodologically pluralist approach. The project also…
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