Title Radicalization in theory and practice : understanding religious violence in Western Europe / edited by Thierry Balzacq and Elyamine Settoul

Published Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations Contents List of illustrations -- Radicalization and Religious Violence in Western Europe: An Introduction, Thierry Balzacq and Elyamine Settoul -- Part I. Theories -- 1. Economic Perspectives, Tim Krieger and Daniel Meierricks -- 2. Social Movement Research, Daniela I. Pisoiu -- 3. Islamic Doctrines, Mohamed-Ali Adraoui -- 4. Conversion Models, Juliette Galonnier -- 5. Social Psychology, John Morrison -- Part II. Patterns of Radicalization in Western Europe -- 6. Belgium, Sarah Teich -- 7. France, Elyamine Settoul -- 8. Germany, Robert Pelzer and Mika Moeller -- 9. Spain, Rut Bermejo -- 10. United Kingdom, Tahir AbbasConclusion, Valerie Amiraux -- Contributors Summary Radicalization is a major challenge of contemporary global security. It conjures up images of violent ideologies, "homegrown" terrorists and jihad in both the academic sphere and among security and defense experts. While the first instances of religious radicalization were initially limited to second-generation Muslim immigrants, significant changes are currently impacting this phenomenon. Technology is said to amplify the dissemination of radicalism, though there remains uncertainty as to the exact weight of technology on radical behaviors. Moreover, far from being restricted to young men of Muslim heritage suffering from a feeling of social relegation, radicalism concerns a significant number of converted Muslims, women and more heterogeneous profiles (social, academic and geographic), as well as individuals that give the appearance of being fully integrated in the host society. These new and striking dynamics require innovative conceptual lenses. Radicalization in Theory and Practice identifies the mechanisms that explicitly link radical religious beliefs and radical actions. It describes its nature, singles out the mechanisms that enable radicalism to produce its effects, and develops a conceptual architecture to help scholars and policy-makers to address and evaluate radicalism--or what often passes as such. A variety of empirical chapters fed by first-hand data probe the relevance of theoretical perspectives that shape radicalization studies. By giving a prominent role to first-hand empirical investigations, the authors create a new framework of analysis from the ground up. This book enhances the quality of theorizing in this area, consolidates the quality of methodological enquiries, and articulates security studies insights with broader theoretical debates in different fields including sociology, social psychology, economics, and religious studies Analysis framework for analysis social movement theories Islamic Doctrines United Kingdom Radicalization networks Conversion Western Europe Rational Choice Spain comparative analysis Jihadism Belgium terrorism religious violence theories of radicalization France Germany Jihadi Terrorism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes This work is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Description based on information from the publisher Subject Radicalization -- Philosophy Radicalization -- Europe, Western -- Religious aspects Radicalism -- Philosophy Radicalism -- Europe, Western -- Religious aspects Jihad. Religious militants -- Europe, Western Terrorism -- Europe, Western -- Religious aspects Violence -- Europe, Western -- Religious aspects POLITICAL SCIENCE / General Jihad Radicalism -- Philosophy Radicalism -- Religious aspects Religious militants Social conditions Terrorism -- Religious aspects Violence -- Religious aspects War -- Religious aspects SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Religious aspects Europe, Western -- Social conditions Subject Western Europe Form Electronic book Author Balzacq, Thierry, editor Settoul, Elyamine, editor Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher. ISBN 0472902830 9780472902835

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