Violent Extremism

A Nordic Outlook
Herausgeber: Rostami, Amir; Edling, Christofer

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Produktbeschreibung

This work, by incorporating insights from the social sciences, advances a comprehensive understanding of violent extremism in order to improve prevention and intervention efforts. Although focusing on and using data from Nordic countries, it provides empirical guidelines for policymakers, researchers, and security professionals worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2024
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781793632852
• ISBN-10: 1793632855
• Artikelnr.: 70441514

Autorenporträt

Christofer Edling is professor of sociology at Lund University. Amir Rostami is professor of criminology at the University of Gävle.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, by Christofer Edling and Amir Rostami
Chapter 1: Cultural and Agentic Features of Danish Salafi-Jihadist Foreign
Fighters, by Kathrine Elmose Jørgensen
Chapter 2: Women in Violent Far-Left Extremism in Sweden: Positions and
Roles, by Hernan Mondani
Chapter 3: The Ecology of an Estonian Right-Wing Milieu: Entry and Exit of
Two Extremists, by Heidi Maiberg
Chapter 4: Who's Afraid of Terrorism and Extremism?: Divisive Worries and
Securitarian Concerns in Swedish Public Opinion and Parliamentary Action
1986-2020, by Daniel Brodén, Mats Fridlund, Patrik Öhberg, Victor
Wåhlstrand Skärström, and Magnus P. Ängsal
Chapter 5: Street-Level Counter-Extremism: Opposition to Violent Jihadism
in Criminal Milieus, by Sébastien Tutenges and Sveinung Sandberg
Chapter 6: Selling Far-Right Extremism: New Forms of Far-Right Merchandise
and Online Consumer Subcultures in Sweden, by Tina Askanius and Sofia Ulver
Chapter 7: Masculinity Norms and Female Ideals: The Role of Gender in
Online Islamist Propaganda, by Sara Jul Jacobsen
Chapter 8: "Replacement," Threat Perceptions, and Group-Based Relative
Deprivation: Social Psychological Underpinnings of Right-Wing Extremism in
Scandinavia and the West, by Joanna Lindström and Milan Obaidi
Chapter 9: The Becoming of a Violent Left-Wing Extremist, by Tina Wilchen
Christensen
Chapter 10: Preventive Social Work and Collective Transformative Agency:
Preventing Riots in the Wake of Rasmus Paludan's Burning of the Quran, by
Line Lerche Mørck and Wael Adnan Aiche
Chapter 11: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Nordic Countries'
Counter-terrorism Strategies, by Susanna Bellander and Johanna Sundqvist
Chapter 12: Conflicting Expectations and Professional Tension in
Multi-Agency Prevention Work: Findings from Research on Social Work in
Norway, by Håvard Haugstvedt
Chapter 13: What Has the Law Got to Do with It? Information Sharing in the
Nordic Countries, by Robin Andersson Malmros