What’s in a Word? Revisiting the Role of Ideology in the Practice of and Scholarship on Countering Violent Extremism

Within the field of terrorism studies, the role of ideology as motivational driver in radicalization processes leading to violence is controversially discussed. Only very few attempts to move the discourse beyond a binary and narrow framing of ideology as a doctrinal belief system exist so far. Terr...

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Main Author: Koehler, Daniel 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2025, Volume: 37, Issue: 7, Pages: 1015-1030
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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