This handbook provides a theoretical and methodological exploration of the research on radicalisation and counter-radicalisation, one of the most influential concepts in Security Studies, International Relations, and Peace and Conflict Studies.
Sitting at the heart of high-profile research and policy agendas on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), radicalisation as a concept has transformed the way researchers, policymakers, and societies think about how to counter terrorism and political violence. Deliberations about radicalisation and countering radicalisation have become further embedded as efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism have been ‘mainstreamed’ into other areas of public policy and practice, such as education, gender relations, health, peacebuilding, aid, and development. Theoretically and methodologically pluralistic, this handbook addresses radicalisation and countering radicalisation as they relate to a wide range of groups and milieus, articulating diverse ideological positions, drawing together insight and experience from multiple geographic and institutional settings, integrating global perspectives, and including scholarship focused on a range of policy fields.
This book will be an essential reference point for anybody working on radicalisation, countering radicalisation, or terrorism and political violence more broadly. The insight that it provides will be relevant for both academics and members of relevant policy and practitioner communities.
Author(s): Joel Busher; Leena Malkki; Sarah Marsden
Series: Routledge Handbooks
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2024
Language: English
Pages: xix; 567
City: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
Tags: Politics & International Relations; Introductory Politics; Radicalization
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Contents
List of contributors
1 Introduction
Part I The history of research on radicalisation
2 Before ‘radicalisation’: explaining individual involvement in terrorism before the popularisation of the radicalisation concept
3 ‘Radicalisation’ and ‘countering radicalisation’: the emergence and expansion of a contentious concept
4 Analysing ‘radicalisation’ in historical cases
Part II Analytical approaches to radicalisation
5 The role of ideology in radicalisation
6 Identity and extremism: sorting out the causal pathways to radicalisation and violent self-sacrifice
7 Social movement theory and research on radicalisation
8 Criminological perspectives on extremist radicalisation and terrorist acts
9 Insights from the study of new religious movements into the process of radicalisation
10 The pen and the sword: cognition, emotion, communication, and violent radicalisation
11 Gender perspectives on radicalisation
12 Radicalisation and psychopathology
13 Belonging is just a click away: extremism, radicalisation, and the role of online communities
14 Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’
15 Radicalisation of ‘foreign fighters’
Part III Countering radicalisation: key debates
16 Countering violence or ideas? The politics of counter-radicalisation
17 Responding to radicalisation with different ideological roots: how similar is the ‘problem’? How similar are the ‘solutions’?
18 Who should be involved with counter-radicalisation policy and practice?
19 Working with communities to counter radicalisation
20 The role of research and researchers in counter-radicalisation policy and practice
21 How can we meaningfully evaluate the effects and effectiveness of programmes to prevent or counter radicalisation?
22 Re-colonising the field of evaluation of prevention of violent radicalisation: a critical, cross-regional perspective
Part IV Countering radicalisation: strategies and challenges
23 Rethinking CVE and public health prevention: towards health promotion
24 Multi-agency approaches to countering radicalisation
25 Naturalisation through mainstreaming: counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation in UN and EU discourse
26 Countering radicalisation while expanding the criminal law
27 Responding to radicalisation through education
28 Counter narratives and strategic communications, offline and online
29 Deradicalisation and disengagement: lessons from the Indonesian experience
30 Interventions with ‘at risk’ individuals
31 How can general violence risk assessment and management inform that of violent extremist risk?
32 Content moderation: social media and countering online radicalisation
33 Radicalisation, counter-radicalisation, and governance in fragile states
34 Local contours and global discourses in countering violent radicalisation and extremism: a perspective from the global south
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