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A Hero's Journey to Systemic Change: Developing Expertise in Agricultural Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Experts in rural development and agrarian change wield considerable influence over programme design and delivery, directing resources and shaping trajectories towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet the pathways through which such expertise develops remain under‐examined. This study examines the journey to expertise among experts
Kirt Hainzer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychology and morality of political extremists: evidence from Twitter language analysis of alt-right and Antifa

open access: yesEPJ Data Science, 2019
The recent rise of the political extremism in Western countries has spurred renewed interest in the psychological and moral appeal of political extremism.
Meysam Alizadeh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Failed and Friendless: The UK's ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Programme [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article suggests that Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE), the government's ‘hearts and minds’ response to the threat of domestic Islamist terrorism within the wider CONTEST strategy, has been exposed as both failed and friendless by growing ...
Paul Thomas, Thomas, Paul
core   +1 more source

“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
wiley   +1 more source

FEATURES OF LEGAL REGULATION OF COUNTERACTION TO EXTREMISM IN RUSSIA

open access: yesСовременная наука и инновации, 2022
The article talks about countering extremism and peculiarities of legal regulation in Russia this political phenomenon. The existing in Russian legislation system fully reflects the state legal strategy of counteraction to extremism, but the available ...
Vladis Georgievich Paskhalidis
doaj  

The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Violent Extremism for Subgroups by Gender and Immigrant Background, Using SAT as a Framework

open access: yesJournal of Strategic Security, 2014
The principal object of this paper is to study the effects of extremist propensity, exposure to extremist moral settings and their interaction effect on political violence in sub groups by gender and immigrant background.
Nele Schils, Lieven Pauwels
doaj   +1 more source

Extremism: Root Causes and Strategic Use in Conflicts [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the interaction between root causes, domestic policy considerations and the use of extremism as a strategic tool in an external conflict.
Elie Appelbaum
core  

Expanding the paradigm: countering violent extremism in Britain and the need for a youth centric community based approach

open access: yes, 2015
In recent years, both academics and politicians alike have struggled to develop a coherent strategy on how to hone in the threat posed by Islamic extremists at home and abroad.
Powers, Samuel Tyler
core   +1 more source

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