The ABC Model: Commentary from the Perspective of the Two Pyramids Model of Radicalization

In this commentary, I compare the ABC model of radicalization with the Two Pyramids model of radicalization. Both models distinguish radicalization of opinion from radicalization of action. Beyond this agreement are questions about the concepts deployed in advancing the ABC model and research issues...

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Main Author: McCauley, Clark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 451-459
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
The Attitudes-Behaviors Corrective (ABC) Model of Violent Extremism
The ABC Model: Clarifications and Elaborations
Deradicalization
Disengagement
Political extremism
Terrorism
CVE
radicalization of action
Radicalization of opinion
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Summary:In this commentary, I compare the ABC model of radicalization with the Two Pyramids model of radicalization. Both models distinguish radicalization of opinion from radicalization of action. Beyond this agreement are questions about the concepts deployed in advancing the ABC model and research issues relating to applications of the two models. I conclude with an optimistic assessment of recent progress in research on terrorism, including the suggestion that deradicalization of action may be forwarded by giving up on deradicalization of opinion.
ISSN:1556-1836
DOI:10.1080/09546553.2020.1763964