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Journal abstract In recent years, research on pathways in and out of violent extremism has grown at a staggering rate. Yet much of what is known about these oftentimes “mysterious”[…]
Journal abstract This paper summarizes the findings of a pioneer process and impact evaluation of a school-based Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) measure conducted by a former right-wing extremist. The goal[…]
Publisher’s description Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to[…]
Journal abstract Under what circumstances are British Muslims more willing to participate in collective action against Islamist extremism? The study is based on a survey experiment fielded to 825 British[…]
Journal abstract An important puzzle in the study of political violence is why individuals risk their lives fighting for a public good, when they can free-ride and enjoy the same[…]
Journal abstract This article argues that a major influence on the imagery of far-right terrorism in the United States derives from cinema. Most of the feature films released by Hollywood[…]
Publisher’s description A comprehensive investigation of modern terrorism and the global terrorist environment. The book uses a multidisciplinary approach and discusses an array of global case studies from the ideology[…]
Publisher’s description On January 20th, 2009, the United States entered a new era in terms of race relations in the country. The hopes of many Americans were not to be[…]
Publisher’s description This is an accessible and up to date text for students on police-related degree courses covering a highly topical area of policing. Terrorism has become a major issue[…]
Publisher’s description By drawing on social movement theories, this book explains how terrorist movements decline, using the case of Irish Republicanism. The continuity of terrorism and political violence from generation[…]
Converging Patterns in Pathways in and out of Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Canadian Right-Wing Extremists24 January, 2020
A former right-wing extremist in school-based prevention work: Research findings from Germany22 January, 2020
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America20 January, 2020
Standing up and Speaking Out? British Muslims’ Collective Action against Islamist Extremism17 January, 2020