RT Article
T1 Structural influences on involvement in European homegrown jihadism: a case study
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 30
IS 1
SP 97
OP 115
A1 Schuurman, Bart 1983-
A2 Bakker, Edwin 1967-
A2 Eijkman, Quirine
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870724283
AB This article empirically assesses the applicability of structural-level hypotheses for involvement in terrorism within the context of European homegrown jihadism. It uses these hypotheses to study how structural factors influenced involvement in the Dutch “Hofstadgroup.” Structural factors enabled the group’s emergence and its participants’ adoption of extremist views. They also motivated involvement in political violence and a shift in some participants’ focus from joining Islamist insurgents overseas to committing terrorism in the Netherlands. Finally, structural factors precipitated an actual terrorist attack. No support is found for the frequently encountered argument that discrimination and exclusion drive involvement in European homegrown jihadism. Instead, geopolitical grievances were prime drivers of this process.
NO Gesehen am 21.11.2023
NO Published online: 09 May 2016
K1 Hofstadgroup
K1 homegrown jihadism
K1 Levels of analysis
K1 The Netherlands
K1 primary sources
K1 structural-level factors
DO 10.1080/09546553.2016.1158165