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Record Nr.

UNISA996647843503316

Titolo

Resisting radicalization : exploring the nonoccurrence of violent extremism / / Morten Bøås, Gilad Ben-Nun, Ulf Engel, and Kari Osland, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2025

ISBN

1-962551-55-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Most People Are Not Radicalized -- Part 1 Exploring the Nonoccurrence of Violent Extremism -- 2 Enabling Environments -- 3 The Entrepreneurs of Violence -- 4 Measuring Social Cohesion and Resilience -- Part 2 Cases from North Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans -- 5 Islamists and the Choice Not to Take Up Arms: Algeria and Egyp -- 6 Religious Resilience and the Guardian State: Morocco and Jordan -- 7 Ethnonationalism and Religious Radicalization: Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 8 Exporting Radicalization and Strengthening Resilience: Tunisia and Kosovo -- 9 Regime Survival and Mobilization: Iraq, Mali, and Syria -- 10 Traditional Authority and Local Community Resilience: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, and Syria -- 11 External Donors and the Marketing of P/CVE: Niger, Tunisia, and Syria -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 12 P/CVE Policies of Europe and the United States -- 13 Implications for Policy and Future Research -- List of Acronyms -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

Sommario/riassunto

Precarious living conditions across the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa create fertile ground for radical ideas. Yet, despite genuine grievances and legitimate grounds for anger, most people living in these regions are not radicalized and do not embrace ideas that lead to acts of violent extremism. Which raises the question . why? To answer this question, the authors of Resisting Radicalization investigate the nonoccurrence of violent extremism in what they term enabling



environments. Their work, the result of a multiyear international project, has critical implications for the future of P/CVE (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) programs.