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Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"Extremism"”.
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Fighting Extremism: Strategies Used to Combat Extremism and Radicalization
… conduct a qualitative analysis of the sources of extremism from two different perspectives (United States government and local Muslims), determine if The National Intelligence Estimate 2007 properly identifies the sources of extremism, and make recommendations on how to counter the sources of …
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British Muslim Extremism: The Terror Within
The Muslim population in Great Britain is growing. However, due to the failed political policy of multiculturalism, Muslim culture has been allowed to develop separately from British culture. The result is a completely separate society, living within another society. The majority in the Muslim …
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Subjects of Care: Ethics, Education, Extremism
… and psychological approaches to counter-extremism, which target Muslims especially as knowing in dangerous ways. Counter-extremism in the UK throws into focus common beliefs about education, psychological well-being, and care. I argue that the latter beliefs co-constitute a widespread …
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Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in United Kingdom Prisons
… in the UK foster radicalisation and violent extremism? Why and how do certain inmates end up embracing radical ideologies in UK prisons while others do not? How is the UK government responding, and how should it respond, to the challenges of radicalisation in its prisons? Finally, how might a …
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Socio-Economic Deprivation, Culture and Extremism in Britain
… understanding into the root causes of home-grown extremism in the UK, and to assess whether or not socio-economic deprivation, and/or culture encourage/s such extremism. Through the utilization of both statistical and cultural analyses, this thesis asserts that the roots of home-grown extremism in …
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Jihadist Extremism and Its Roots in Religiously Motivated Terrorism
Acts of religious terrorism are nothing new to history, but in the last decade or so the world has seen a rise in the number of terrorist acts committed in the name of religion. This thesis sets out to identify and provide a context for the motivations, justifications, and ideological background …
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Education and Extremism: Examining Political Socialization in Pakistani Madrassas
… attacks, madrassas have become associated with extremism and terrorism, leading to intense scholarly and media scrutiny and debate. Amidst numerous assertions about the role of madrassas in promoting extremism, this research endeavour aims to demystify the connections between madrassas, …
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Theories of Political Extremism: Empirical Tests in Rural Illinois
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Far-Right Extremism in America: A Geospatial Analysis of Incident Distribution
… on the spatial relationship of violent far-right extremism. Previous studies have only focused on portions of far-right violent incidents, such as homicides, or amalgamated all far-right extremist activity, including legal incidents. This study uses data from the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) …
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Extremism, fake news and hate: effects of social media in the post-truth era
<p>This thesis examines the utilization of social media platforms (particularly Facebook & Twitter) by political actors, contemporary media, and ordinary people to disseminate false or misleading information. Furthermore, it examines how social media have aided in the mobilization of previously …
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From Opinion Dynamics to Collective Action: How Identity-Based Tolerance Leads to Political Extremism
… theories attribute the recent surge in political extremism to mechanisms of opinion “homophily” (i.e., like-minded individuals interact more while dissimilar ones might distance) and “assimilation (i.e., interactions homogenize opinions),” which collectively suggest a social world dominated by …
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Community Cohesion and Countering Violent Extremism in the United States: A Case Study of Metro Detroit
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs and policies are being developed and implemented across the country. CVE is being criticized by various community leaders and members due to its inherent criminalizing nature as it is currently put into place by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the …
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THE STRATEGIC USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE ISLAMIC STATE: EXPLORING THE CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY OF EXTREMISM
In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) captured the world’s attention with the declaration of the Caliphate. IS showed significant success in exploiting the social media landscape to deliver costly signals that advanced its outbidding, intimidation, and polarization strategies. This thesis explored the …
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The Emergence of Violent Extremism: Threats to Social Identity and Psychological Motivations Underlying Identity-Defining Extreme Aggression
… = 152). A literature review has been provided on extremism and the social psychological conditions under which esteem and uncertainty can lead to violence and other extremist behaviors that are identity defining. Based on prior research, it was hypothesized that individuals with increased …
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Challenging Right-Wing Extremism in England and Wales and Greece: Tools Available in International, European and National Law
… require their members to tackle right-wing extremism either directly, or through the regulation of by-products of right-wing extremism, such as hate speech. The adherence to international obligations is examined through an assessment of two jurisdictions, namely, England and Wales and …
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Malcontents in the Middle: Uncertainty-Identity, Extreme Religious Groups and Leader Rhetoric
<p>Because religious extremism can set people on a path of aggression and violence toward others, sometimes in the form of terrorism (Moghaddam, 2005), identifying factors that increase susceptibility to religious extremism is essential to ending terrorism. One possible factor that acts as a …
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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Post 9/11 Security Policy in Countering Violent Extremism and Reducing Acts of International Terrorism
<p>Terrorism is a phenomenon that baffles even the most experienced of researchers within academia. Understanding what constitutes terrorism is important to the field of international relations because combatting terrorist violence yields no straightforward method of prevention and protection. This …
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Assessing the challenge of policing animal rights extremism in the UK and the changing impact on community safety and human rights in the period 2004-2010
… explores animal rights activism and associated extremism between the period 2004 - 2010 in the UK and proposes that this post 2004 period witnessed a new era in animal rights extremism comparable to the strategic change seen in 'new terrorism'. It argues that following the successful targeting …
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