Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
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Symbolic 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
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Women as ‘new security actors’ in preventing and countering violent extremism in Mali [PDF]
, 2021 Jenny Lorentzen
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Why Should we Worry about Nigeria's Fragile Security?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the multifaceted implications of Nigeria's persistent security crisis, highlighting its domestic, regional and global consequences. It examines the humanitarian toll, economic disruption, poverty, food insecurity and the erosion of social cohesion within Nigeria. Regionally, it analyses how Nigeria's instability exacerbates
Onyedikachi Madueke
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Influence of drivers of radicalism and violent extremism at macro and meso levels: The case of Kosovo [PDF]
Journal of Regional SecurityThis paper analyses the influence of drivers of radicalism and violent extremism on the macro and meso-level in Kosovo, as well as the prevention indicators.
Peci Lulzim
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Introduction: gender and the governance of terrorism and violent extremism
Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2022 Several global governance initiatives launched in recent years have explicitly sought to integrate concern for gender equality and gendered harms into efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism (CT/CVE).
A. Rothermel, Laura J. Shepherd
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The Unintended Consequences of Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping Interventions Contributing to the Rise of Violent Extremism [PDF]
, 2021 Arlinda Rrustemi
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The Canary Down the Coalmine: Dagenham, London and Labour Politics
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The history of Dagenham offers unique insights into both the changing composition of the working class and the forces that have reshaped domestic politics throughout the last 100 years, particularly the politics of the British labour movement.
Jon Cruddas
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Introduction: a paradigm shift? From counterterrorism to prevention of violent extremism (PVE)
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2021 In the recent two decades Europe has been faced with three major security challenges: increased home-grown terrorism, the phenomenon of foreign fighters, and the rise of the violent far right.
Moussa Bourekba, Diego Muro
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Seeing bodies in social sciences research: Body mapping and violent extremism in Kenya
Qualitative Research, 2022 While violence is often targeted at and experienced by bodies with different identities or appearance, studies of violence in social sciences research often neglect the body as a data source and site of analysis.
Sahla Aroussi +3 more
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