Abstract
‘No evidence of extremism or radicalisation, apart from a single isolated incident’ was found in any of the reports into the ‘Trojan Horse’ saga. By focusing on the policy debates, this chapter will examine the ways in which Muslim communities are problematised within educational policy and wider political discourse. It uses the ‘Trojan Horse’ saga as a key milestone event to demonstrate how racialised politics contributes towards insecurity within state schools.
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Miah, S. (2017). Politics and Policy: ‘Trojan Horse’ and Ofsted. In: Muslims, Schooling and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52335-4_3
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