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Author Kruglanski, Arie W., author.

Title The three pillars of radicalization : needs, narratives, and networks / Arie Kruglanski, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Rohan Gunaratna
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Contents A clear and present danger for the 21st century -- The rise of contemporary violent Islamist extremism: the threat and the response -- Significance quest theory of radicalization -- Other theories of radicalization -- Empirical evidence for significance quest theory -- Profiles in violent extremism -- The deradicalization process -- Can rehabilitation last? : on preventing re-radicalization -- Assessing radicalization and deradicalization -- Epilogue: the long shadow of violent extremism
Summary Arie W. Kruglanski, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, and Rohan Gunaratna present a new model of radicalization that takes into account factors that activate the individual's quest for significance. Synthesizing varied empirical evidence, this volume reinterprets prior theories of radicalization and examines major issues in deradicalization and recidivism, which will only become more relevant as communities continue to negotiate the threat of extremism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2019)
Subject Radicalism.
Terrorism.
Religious fundamentalism.
radicalism.
terrorism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Radicalism
Religious fundamentalism
Terrorism
Form Electronic book
Author Bélanger, Jocelyn J., author.
Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961- author.
ISBN 0190851139
9780190851132
9780190851156
0190851155