{"product_id":"9781447344155","title":"Countering Extremism in British Schools?: The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2014 an investigation into an alleged plot to ‘Islamify’ several state schools in Birmingham began. Known as the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair, this caused a previously highly successful school to be vilified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Holmwood, an expert witness in the professional misconduct cases brought against the teachers, and O’Toole, who researches the government’s counter-extremism agenda, challenge the accepted narrative and draw on the potential parallel with the Hillsborough disaster to suggest a similar false narrative has taken hold of public debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This important book highlights the major injustice inflicted on the teachers and shows how this affair was used to criticise multiculturalism, and justify the expansion of a broad and intrusive counter extremism agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Policy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46464915898609,"sku":"9781447344155","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781447344155_p0.jpg?v=1765992238","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447344155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}