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Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know®
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  • Comprehensively summarizes the vast research on radicalization and terrorism in an understandable and engaging format
  • Draws on numerous case studies, some of them from original research by the authors and never-before-published outside of government briefings
  • Offers a data-driven perspective on radicalization and terrorism that scales down the scope of the problem to dangerous but rare and manageable
  • Addresses mass radicalization in the United States and emerging right-wing terrorism threats

   
errorism and radicalization came to the forefront of news and politics in the US after the unforgettable attacks of September 11th, 2001. When George W. Bush famously asked "Why do they hate us?," the President echoed the confusion, anger and fear felt by millions of Americans, while also creating a politicized discourse that has come to characterize and obscure discussions of both phenomena in the media.
  
Since then the American public has lived through a number of domestic attacks and threats, and watched international terrorist attacks from afar on television sets and computer screens. The anxiety and misinformation surrounding terrorism and radicalization are perhaps best detected in questions that have continued to recur in the last decade: "Are terrorists crazy?"; "Is there a profile of individuals likely to become terrorists?"; "Is it possible to prevent radicalization to terrorism?" Fortunately, in the two decades since 9/11, a significant body of research has emerged that can help provide definitive answers.
  
As experts in the psychology of radicalization, Sophia Moskalenko and Clark McCauley propose twelve mechanisms that can move individuals, groups, and mass publics from political indifference to sympathy and support for terrorist violence. Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know synthesizes original and existing research to answer the questions raised after each new attack, including those committed by radicalized Americans. It offers a rigorously informed overview of the insight that will enable readers to see beyond the relentless news cycle to understand where terrorism comes from and how best to respond to it.

Index: 

Chapter 1. What is terrorism and who becomes a terrorist?
Chapter 2. What is radicalization?
Chapter 3. How are individuals radicalized to join a terrorist group?
Chapter 4. How are small groups radicalized to use terrorism as a tactic?
Chapter 5. How are mass publics radicalized to support terrorism?
Chapter 6. What is the relation between radical ideas and radical action?
Chapter 7. What's different about lone-wolf terrorists?
Chapter 8. Are suicide bombers suicidal?
Chapter 9. Is it possible to prevent radicalization to terrorism?
Chapter 10. Is it possible to de-radicalize terrorists?
Chapter 11. What are Mass Identity Manipulations (MIMs)--pictures, songs/chants, rumors, rituals and symbols?
Chapter 12. Mass radicalization in the United States
Chapter 13. Conclusions: What Everyone Needs to Know about Radicalization and Extremism

About the author: 

Sophia Moskalenko is a research fellow at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, where she has worked on projects commissioned by the United States Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of State. Her own research on terrorism and radicalization has been presented in scientific conferences, government briefings, radio broadcasts, and international television newscasts. She teaches psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
   
Clark McCauley is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Bryn Mawr University, where he taught until 2016. He has been a lead investigator for the National Consortium for Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. His research interests include group dynamics, stereotyping, disgust, and intergroup conflict, especially in relation to genocide and terrorism. He is a member of the editorial boards of Dynamics of Asymmetric ConflictTerrorism and Political Violence, and Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology. He lives in Lander, Wyoming.

Product details

ISBN : 9780190862589

Author: 
Sophia Moskalenko; Clark McCauley
Pages
288 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
140 x 210 mm mm
Pub date
Jun 2020
Series
What Everyone Needs to Know
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Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know®