Whole-of-society approach or manufacturing intelligence? Making sense of state-CSO relation in preventing and countering violent extremism in Nigeria

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Joshua Akintayo School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury, UKJoshua Akintayo is a PhD student at the Department of Politics and International Relations, the University of Kent, United Kingdom. Joshua’s PhD research critically examines the complex nature of government engagement with Muslim communities and non-state actors in the context of the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) and deradicalisation programme in northeastern Nigeria. His works have appeared in Conflict, Security and Development, South African Journal of International Affairs and the African Journal of Terrorism.

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