Jamie Bartlett
Senior Researcher
Jamie joined Demos in February, 2007. His primary research interests lie in international development, public services, and Islam.
- On Fairness 2 I didn’t attend George Osborne’s recent speech here at Demos “on fairness”, but listened to it on our podcast a couple of days ago. Something had been bothering me about it and I couldn’t put my finger on it until yesterday. Osborne made the case that the right’s approach to the role of government in addressing social and economic challenges results in fairer outcomes for people for three reasons. Firstly, people will be properly awarded for their... continue reading on 30th September 2008
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Podcast: Wicked Jihad
A new podcast. Counter terrorism policy in Western Europe is increasingly about preventing violent extremism before it arises, by lessening the appeal of groups like al-Qaeda. Most work tends to focus on the structural factors such as foriegn policy, societal discrimination, and a lack of local leadership.
This week, Jamie Bartlett explains why we need to understand what the appeal of al-Qaeda might be, from the sense of adventure and feelings of personal agency through to street credibility.
You can subscribe to our podcasts here. continue reading on 18th June 2008 in Demos Podcasts Wicked Jihad Comments (1) - Radical measures Jamie and I have a piece on Comment is free on the Government's new new-ish radicalisation strategy. You can read it here. continue reading on 3rd June 2008
- Jihad in the age of YouTube I've a short piece in this month's Prospect magazine which looks at the suicide bomber videos of the men currently on trial for plotting to blow up Atlantic flights mid air. You can read it here. The suicide bomber video used to be a fairly well thought out and impassioned justification. However, these recent videos are more like ego-centric farewells which resemble pop videos or a myspace page, complete with the clichéd Palestinian headscarf and Arabic posters. They are... continue reading on 28th May 2008 in Wicked Jihad Comments (1)
- Extreme Measures I recently wrote on Comment is Free about what we should do with the so called preachers of hate, which you can read here. The article outlines some of the dangers of locking up people for incitement to terrorism - as happened last week with Abu Izzedeen and five others. Not that I agree one iota with anything they said of course. But by putting these men in prison we risk legitimising their ideas in the eyes of their believers. The now outlawed al-Muhajiroon, of which all six were... continue reading on 25th April 2008 in Wicked Jihad Comments (1)
- Wicked Jihad? I have written a short think piece which questions some of the assumptions about our understanding of "Islamic" violent extremism. Counter terrorism policy in Western Europe is increasinly about preventing violent extremism before it arises, by lessening the appeal of groups like al-Qaeda. But we are still a long way from understanding what that appeal is. Most work written on the subject attributes the rise of violent extremism to broad sructural factors... continue reading on 5th March 2008 Comments (5)
- 5th Worldwide Security Conference I am blogging directly from the EastWest Institute’s 5th Annual Conference on Security, held in Brussels. The food is incredible, but I’m frustrated.The theme of the conference, which has gathered some 750 people from all over the world is “Protecting People, Economies, and Infrastructure”. As ever the threat from terrorism committed in the name of Islam is monopolising the agenda. More specifically, all the talk is about countering radicalisation and extremism.Seeing... continue reading on 20th February 2008 Comments (1)
- Podcast: Making It Personal A new year return for the Demos podcast. This time we're talking about the new pamphlet Making It Personal. Just before the launch, at a day-long conference held last Friday, Peter Bradwell spoke to two of the authors, Niamh Gallagher and Jamie Bartlett. With a focus on social care, the pamphlet explores the next stage of a personalising approach to public services: people given an individual budget so they can shape, with the advice of peers, family and professionals, the support they need.... continue reading on 21st January 2008 in Demos Podcasts Participative Public Services Comments (1)
- agile & government: oxymoron? Simon Parker and I have published a provocation paper with the State Services Authority in Victoria, Australia, exploring the concept ofagility and what it might mean for government. http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/agilegovernmentaprovocationpaperIn it, we examine characteristics of agile organisations and how these characteristics relate to the public sector environment. The increasing uncertainty of the future means that the public sector cannot predict many of the challenges that it... continue reading on 3rd October 2007
- Social Enterprise I've recently blogged about social enteprise and its potential for social europe journal. Check it out: http://www.blog.social-europe.eu continue reading on 14th June 2007
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