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The Dynamics of Radicalization. A Relational and Comparative Perspective.
Alimi, Eitan Y.; Bosi, Lorenzo; Demetriou, Chares
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Description for The Dynamics of Radicalization. A Relational and Comparative Perspective.
Paperback. The book offers an innovative approach to studying processes of radicalization across a variety of cases, highlighting al-Qaeda, the Red Brigades, and the Greek-Cypriot EOKA. Num Pages: 352 pages, with 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Why is it that some social movements engaged in contentious politics experience radicalization whereas others do not? The Dynamics of Radicalization offers an innovative reply by investigating how and when social movement organizations switch from a nonviolent mode of contention to a violent one. Moving beyond existing explanations that posit aggressive motivations, grievances or violence-prone ideologies, this book demonstrates how these factors gain and lose salience in the context of relational dynamics among various parties and actors involved in episodes of contention. Drawing on a comparative historical analysis of al-Qaeda, the Red Brigades, the Cypriot EOKA, the authors develop a ... Read more
Why is it that some social movements engaged in contentious politics experience radicalization whereas others do not? The Dynamics of Radicalization offers an innovative reply by investigating how and when social movement organizations switch from a nonviolent mode of contention to a violent one. Moving beyond existing explanations that posit aggressive motivations, grievances or violence-prone ideologies, this book demonstrates how these factors gain and lose salience in the context of relational dynamics among various parties and actors involved in episodes of contention. Drawing on a comparative historical analysis of al-Qaeda, the Red Brigades, the Cypriot EOKA, the authors develop a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199937721
SKU
V9780199937721
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About Alimi, Eitan Y.; Bosi, Lorenzo; Demetriou, Chares
Eitan Y. Alimi is Senior Lecturer of Political Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University and author of Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada. Chares Demetriou is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Lorenzo Bosi is Assistant Professor at Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.
Reviews for The Dynamics of Radicalization. A Relational and Comparative Perspective.
...Provide[s] stimulating new directions in the study of terror and radicalization
Douglas Cremer, The European Legacy
Too often, social movement scholars treat violence as a fixed property of organizations: social movements are either violent or not. This dichotomous approach has only become more prevalent in the post 9-11 era, as scholars of terrorism examine which social or psychological ... Read more
Douglas Cremer, The European Legacy
Too often, social movement scholars treat violence as a fixed property of organizations: social movements are either violent or not. This dichotomous approach has only become more prevalent in the post 9-11 era, as scholars of terrorism examine which social or psychological ... Read more