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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"radicalization"”.
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Islamic Radicalization in Central Asia
Central Asian political developments since 1989 have pushed both state and non-state actors in different directions over the issue of radical Islam. This paper reviews those developments and the responses from non-state actors to determine, ultimately, if Central Asian republics will become more …
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Loss of Identity, Radicalization, and Terrorism
… crisis. In essence, these factors trigger radicalization and lead to terrorism. Analyzing the patterns of terrorist activity and the path of radicalization is essential to preclude individuals from joining terrorist organizations. This research aims to recognize key elements of …
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Fighting Extremism: Strategies Used to Combat Extremism and Radicalization
… on how to counter the sources of extremism/radicalization and improve security and counterterrorism strategy. The research questions which will guide this study include: What are the primary sources of Islamic Extremism; what do the prominent authors in this field of study identify as …
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Recruiting for the Cause(s): Extremist Propaganda and Radicalization Discourse
… Drawing from broader theories of interpretivism, radicalization, and sociolinguistics, and employing multiple methods of qualitative data collection across digital spaces, I analyzed 14,988 pages of extremist content from the following groups: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, The Islamic State, …
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Radicalization within the Somali-American diaspora: countering the homegrown terrorist threat
… community that effects the trajectory of the radicalization of its members. First generation Somali eÌ migreÌ s are not particularly susceptible to radicalization. The historic clan identity, pragmatic religious practices, pastoralism, and nationalism of Somalis generally discourage the …
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Pathways to (Prevent) Radicalization: How Uncertainty and Identity Complexity Shape Vulnerability
<p>Violent radicalization and politically motivated violence are pressing concerns that threaten global peace, security, and social cohesion. Violence is costly, in both lives and resources, and reactive measures have failed to decrease its occurrence. In a world marked by uncertainty where some …
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Something Got Into Their Minds: The Rise of Radicalization Discourse in Canada
This dissertation examines the rise of radicalization discourse in Canada. Drawing on postcolonial theories of Orientalism and affect, I contend that radicalization is a racially-charged concept that characterizes anti-Western violence in ways that relieve Western states of culpability for their …
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International Connection, Domestic Radicalization: The Connection Between East Asia and Black Radicals
<p>Utilizing newspapers, journals and pamphlets, this thesis examines the ways that the Black Power movement, primarily in the 1960’s connected with East Asian countries.</p> <p>Differentiating between the Black Power and the Civil Rights groups, this thesis will show why and how the Black Power …
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21st Century Radicalization: The Role of the Internet User and Nonuser in Terrorist Outcomes
… Islamic movements. However, evidence of online radicalization or recruitment was found predominantly among environmental movements. We conclude with a discussion of these findings and their implications for counterterrorism policy. </p>
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The CrISIS of Ludic Terrorism: Videogaming Exploited as a Means of Islamists’ Radicalization, Recruitment and Propaganda
… gaming outlets have been used as “hotbeds of radicalization” for white supremacists and what results one can draw regarding potential radicalization, propaganda and recruitment. Next, I study Salil-Al-Sawarim (SaS), a modified version of GTA V by ISIS or its sympathizers. Building on Ian …
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Radicalization as a Politically Alienating Developmental Process: The Psychopolitical Orientation of Three Radical Left Student Activists
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Connections among communities: preventing radicalization and violent extremism through social network analysis in the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) framework
… the vulnerability of a community at risk of radicalization and violent extremism and to build resilience. Using literature that described core SNA principles and related fields of study, a theoretical framework was developed to illustrate how extremist ideologies and motivations are …
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“L’éternel immigré”: identity and radicalism in France since 1962
… placed more blame on French society for Merah’s radicalization than on any external force. This thesis attempts to address that claim by examining the identity crisis in France and its relationship to both Islamist and far-right radicalism. It argues that the lingering legacies of the Algerian …
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Radicalisation of European Citizens and ISIS Terrorism
… Europe in recent times has made the concept of radicalization a sensitive phenomenon, most especially, Islamic radicalization. The activities of Islamic extremists and terrorists have been identified with a good number of European citizens, who have joined the Islamic State (IS) and engaged in …
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Countering Islamic radicalization and Al Shabaab recruitment within the ethnic Somali population of the United States: an argument for applying best practices for stemming youth gang recruitment and initiation
… development regarding the issue of domestic radicalization and homegrown violent extremism. The individuals involved in these developments have come from a broad cross-section of various ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, and geographic backgrounds in the United States, making it difficult for …
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The European Union at the Start of the 21St Century: An Examination of Challenges in the Context of EU Integration
… of immigrants while avoiding domestic radicalization. The NATO alliance must be reaffirmed and not undermined by the creation of a separate EU security force.
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Organizational Fragmentation and the Trajectory of Militant Splinter Groups
… to explain variation in rates of survival and radicalization that focuses on the content and the consistency of internal organizational preferences. I argue that the content of group preferences can explain relative rates of radicalization and tactical change whereas the consistency or …
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Leopold von Mildenstein and the Jewish Question
… Mildenstein’s story is exemplary of the broader radicalization of Nazi Jewish policy. It demonstrates the importance of international factors as well as the reluctance of the SD and its parent organization, the SS, to implement more radical measures to solve the Jewish Question.
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The Problem of Nature in the Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty
… the way Merleau-Ponty understands the thrust of radicalization in play in Husserl’s later work in phenomenology, especially regarding his expansion of the notion of intentionality.</p>
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