Introduction: Social movements, Contentious Politics, and Radicalization -- Theorizing and Comparing Radicalization: A Relational Framework -- The Italian Extra-Parliamentary Left Movement and Brigate Rosse (1969-1978) -- The Cypriot Enosis Movement and EOKA (1945-1959) -- The Salafi Transnational Jihad Movement and al-Qaeda (1984-2001) -- Processes of Radicalization: Dissimilarities in Similarities -- Radicalization in Reverse adn Non-Radicalization -- Conclusion: The Relational Dynamics of Radicalization
Summary
This study advances a theoretical synthesis to explaining radicalization. Treating radicalization as a process along which a member organisation of a broad social movement shifts from predominantly nonviolent tactics to predominantly violent tactics, the book moves beyond a focus on dispositions and opportunities for aggression triggered in response to environmental stimuli, or on violence-prone ideologies and cultural templates