RT Article
T1 Why Individuals and Communities Do Not Turn to Violent Extremism
JF Perspectives on terrorism
VO 17
IS 1
SP 1
OP 17
A1 Powers, Colin
A2 Skare, Erik 1990-
A2 Fahmi, Georges
A2 Ahmed, Nouran
A2 Mhidi, Ahmad
A2 Ababsa, Myriam 1971-
A2 Roy, Olivier 1949-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1867643685
AB Conceptual and epistemological challenges have to date constrained the generation of scientific knowledge on violent extremism. This article inverts the field’s seminal research question with an eye on furnishing a sturdier foundation for inquiry and theory building. Rather than seeking generalisable truths on why violent extremism occurs, we induce tentative propositions on why it does not, particularly within the context of enabling environments. Based on original data gathered through case studies conducted in the Middle East and North Africa, our primary findings are that the probability of violent extremism in enabling environments is reduced by three variables: i) hard interventions by the state; ii) the availability of credible ideological alternatives; and iii) the opportunity to opt out of the economy of violent extremism. At the conceptual level, we also propose that violent extremism be considered as a modality of action practiced by discrete political actors—namely, terrorist organisations—rather than as a phenomenon more diffusely pervading societies, nations, or faiths.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 15-17
K1 Violent Extremism
K1 Terrorism
K1 Counter-terrorism
K1 Middle East and North Africa