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The three pillars of radicalization : needs, narratives, and networks /

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Arie W. Kruglanski, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, and Rohan Gunaratna present a new model of radicalization that takes into account factors that activate the individual's quest for significance. Synthesizing varied empirical evidence, this volume reinterprets prior theories of radicalization and examine...

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Main Authors: Kruglanski, Arie W. (Author), Bélanger, Jocelyn J. (Author), Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Radicalism.
Terrorism.
Religious fundamentalism.
Radicalisme.
Terrorisme.
Intégrisme.
radicalism.
terrorism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Radicalism
Religious fundamentalism
Terrorism
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • A clear and present danger for the 21st century
  • The rise of contemporary violent Islamist extremism: the threat and the response
  • Significance quest theory of radicalization
  • Other theories of radicalization
  • Empirical evidence for significance quest theory
  • Profiles in violent extremism
  • The deradicalization process
  • Can rehabilitation last? : on preventing re-radicalization
  • Assessing radicalization and deradicalization
  • Epilogue: the long shadow of violent extremism.