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Author Alimi, Eitan Y., author.

Title The Dynamics of Radicalization : a Relational and Comparative Perspective / Eitan Y. Alimi, Chares Demetriou, Lorenzo Bosi
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Radicalism.
Radicalism -- Case studies
Political violence.
Political violence -- Case studies
radicalism.
terrorism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Political violence
Radicalism
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Social Conditions.
Radikalism.
Politiskt våld.
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Demetriou, Chares, author.
Bosi, Lorenzo, author.
ISBN 9780199937714
0199937710
9780190236601
0190236604