Autorentext

Tahir Abbas, FAcSS, is Professor of Criminology and Global Justice at Aston University, UK. He was formerly the Professor of Radicalisation Studies at Leiden University. His recent articles appear in journals such as Journal of Political Ideologies, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Ethnic and Racial Studies. A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK), Abbas works at the intersection of security, identity, and social change in contemporary Europe.

Lianne Vostermans is Senior Researcher at OpenHorizon (Norway) and Research Fellow at Leiden University, Netherlands. Her research examines the dynamics of (violent) social and political mobilisation, with particular attention to how emotions, identity, ideology, religion, organisational networks, and opportunity structures interact. She is the author of Beyond Faith and Fury: Rethinking 'Religious Violence' in the Lebanese Civil War, which is forthcoming with IB Tauris.

Richard McNeil-Willson is Lecturer of Global Muslim Studies at the Alwaleed Centre, Islamic and Middle East Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. He specialises in critical approaches to counterterrorism and counterextremism, including research on contentious activism, Islamophobia and state repression in a European context. He is also the co-editor of the Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience (2023) with Anna Triandafyllidou.

Klappentext

In response to the prevailing tendency to examine radicalisation from single-level or individualistic perspectives, this Handbook takes a comprehensive approach by embedding radicalisation within the broader context of socio-political, economic, and cultural dynamics of exclusion and marginalisation. It assembles leading scholars from a variety of fields to offer a well-rounded understanding of social exclusion as a precursor to radicalisation on a global scale. Drawing from a diverse array of theoretical frameworks employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the Handbook examines processes of radicalisation and social exclusion in the Global North and South, as well as comparative and international trends experienced worldwide.

A comprehensive resource for researchers and policy-makers seeking to understand the dynamics of radicalisation and for crafting evidence-based strategies aimed at fostering inclusion and pluralism. It will be of interest for scholars and students interested in understanding the complex levels of radicalisation and its social contexts from fields including sociology, political science, anthropology, social psychology, criminology and international relations.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Entangled Web of Social Exclusion and Radicalisation; Part I: Northern Exposures: Unveiling Exclusion and Extremism in the Global North; 1. Social exclusion and radicalisation in the French context: an issue of engagement and social reintegration; 2. Marginality and ethnicity in European cities: the case of some trajectories of involvement of young Belgian-Moroccans in political violence with Islamic references in Brussels; 3. The Fractured Self: Social Exclusion, Identity, and Radicalisation in the Netherlands; 4. Considering the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people's engagement with extremism: propositions, suppositions and fears (UK Focus); 5. Pandemic Pressure: COVID-19 and Far-Right Violence in Germany; 6. Social Exclusion and Radicalisation in German Muslim TikTok Users: Presenting Experimental Findings; 7. From perceived threats to radicalisation: Unmasking far-right narratives through a comparative analysis (France, Italy, Spain); 8. Down, Down in the South: Explaining Social Exclusion and Violent Radicalization in Portugal; 9. Activism as a Buffer for Radicalization within the Moroccan Diaspora in Spain; 10. Loss of community and radicalisation: the case of Italy; 11. Multilayered Social Exclusion and Vulnerability to Manipulation: Radicalisation Risk Factors among the Romani in Central Europe and the Western Balkans; 12. Deradicalisation challenges and strategies in Kosovo: A case study analysis of women returning from Däesh territory; 13. From Margin to Mainstream: How White Supremacist Ideology Exploits Social Exclusion and Fuels Radicalisation in the United States; 14. European and Northern American formers' conceptions on radicalisation and deradicalisation; Part II: Southern Currents: Navigating Marginalisation, Resistance, and Radical Pathways in the Global South; 15. Framing marginalisation: Injustices, humiliation, and dignity in violent Islamists' mobilisation in Tunisia (2011-2021); 16. The Colonial Past, Memory Exclusion Policies, and Algerian-French Relation; 17. Exploring the Potential of engendering Islamic Religious Curriculum in Schools to Promote Gender Inclusion and Mitigate Youth Radicalization (Egypt Focus); 18. Modern Neocolonialism: The Hidden Chains of Kuwait's Identity; 19. Traversing Complex Landscapes in Pakistan: Exploring the Potential for Community-Based Sport Initiatives and the Prevention of Violent Extremism; 20. Unveiling the Seeds of Rebellion: Investigating Marginalization and Social Exclusion in FATA's Escalating Militant Landscape; 21. Climate Change and Eco Extremism in India; 22. Boko Haram Insurgency, Social Exclusion and Decoloniality in Nigeria; 23. Critical Evaluation of Violent Extremism by Examining the Connections Between Radicalisation and Social Exclusion in Indonesia; 24. The FORB-social inclusion link to prevent violent radicalism in Indonesia and Kenya; 25. Marginalisation into Militancy: Rethinking Radicalisation through Filipino Vigilantism; Part III: Bridging Worlds: Transnational Dynamics, Theoretical Insights, and Methodological Frontiers; 26. Explanatory Factors in Lone-Actor Terrorist Attacks: Social Exclusion, Online Radicalisation and the Concatenation Effect; 27. Anomic Manhood and Inceldom: A Durkheimian Sociological Analysis of Shared Social Exclusion and Subordinated Masculinity in Involuntary Celibate Online Communities; 28. Understanding Social Exclusion and Vulnerability to Radicalisation through the Prism of Power Threat Meaning Framework: Practitioners' Perspectives; 29. Crisis and Convergence: The role of COVID-19 in shaping Youth Radicalisation; 30. Envy as a Mediator in the Exclusion-Radicalisation Relationship; 31. Social Exclusion and Radicalisation: How a moralistic language contributes to violence by fostering interpersonal and intergroup separation; 32. The Nexus Between Long-Distance Nationalism, Social Exclusion and Disinformation: Experiences of Indian Diaspora in Australia; 33. Isolation, Radicalisation and the Theological Dimension; 34. Intersecting Realities: Methodological Insights into Researching Radicalisation and Social Exclusion; Epilogue