Tag: Lee Jarvis

There are serious question marks over the effectiveness and appropriateness of proscribing terrorist organisations

There are serious question marks over the effectiveness and appropriateness of proscribing terrorist organisations

British Home Secretaries and Prime Ministers have occasionally proscribed organisations which are violent or completely intolerant in outlook, banning various apparent terrorist organisations under a 2000 act of Parliament. But is it effective? Lee Jarvis and Tim Legrand argue that it is not, and raise problems with the identification and designation of these groups, the politicisation of the […]

Anti-terrorism powers have fractured experiences of citizenship across the UK

Anti-terrorism powers have fractured experiences of citizenship across the UK

Lee Jarvis and Michael Lister share findings from new focus group research into the impact of anti-terrorism legislation on public perceptions of citizenship in the UK. They find that many Britons believe new security measures have eroded their rights and reduced their ability to participate in social and political life, but perceptions vary across different […]