Resisting Radicalization: Exploring the Nonoccurrence of Violent Extremism
Morten Bøås, Gilad Ben-Nun, Ulf Engel, and Kari Osland, editors | | ISBN: 978-1-962551-54-0 $115.00
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DESCRIPTION
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Morten Bøås is research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Gilad Ben-Nun is a senior lecturer in the Global and European Studies Institute at Leipzig University. Ulf Engel is professor of African politics at Leipzig University. Kari Osland is a senior researcher at NUPI.
CONTENTS
- Most People Are Not Radicalized—the Editors.
- EXPLORING THE NONOCCURRENCE OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM.
- Enabling Environments—M. Bøås and K. Osland.
- The Entrepreneurs of Violence—A.W. Cissé and H. Vigh.
- Measuring Social Cohesion and Resilience—U. Engel.
- CASES FROM NORTH AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE BALKANS.
- Islamists and the Choice Not to Take Up Arms: Algeria and Egypt—G. Fahmi and D. Lounnas.
- Religious Resilience and the Guardian State: Jordan and Morocco—G. Ben-Nun and N. Messari.
- Ethnonationalism and Religious Radicalization: Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina—E. Bećirević and P. Petrović.
- Exporting Radicalization and Strengthening Resilience: Kosovo and Tunisia—S. Estatiev, A.L. Kroknes, and F. Strazzari.
- Regime Survival and Mobilization: Iraq, Mali, and Syria—C. Powers, L. Raineri, and S. Lacroix.
- Traditional Authority and Local Community Resilience: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, and Syria—K. Selvik et al.
- External Donors and the Marketing of P/CVE: Niger, Syria, and Tunisia—L. Berlingozzi, S. Carenzi, and D. Musina.
- CONCLUSION.
- P/CVE Polices in Europe and the US—D.M. Crosson et al.
- Implications for Policy and Future Research—the Editors.
