Becoming a European Homegrown Jihadist

How and why do people become involved in European homegrown jihadism? This book addresses this question through an in-depth study of the Dutch Hofstadgroup, infamous for causing the murderer of filmmaker Theo van Gogh in 2004 and for plotting numerous other terrorist attacks. The Hofstadgroup offers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Schuurman, Bart, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2018
[2018]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424496306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Studying involvement in terrorism
  • 3. A history of the Hofstadgroup
  • 4. The ideological and organizational nature of the Hofstadgroup
  • 5. Structural-level factors: Facilitating and motivating involvement
  • 6. Group dynamics I: Initiating and sustaining involvement
  • 7. Group dynamics II: Involvement in acts of terrorist violence
  • 8. Individual-level analysis I: Cognitive explanations
  • 9. Individual-level analysis II: Terrorists as psychologically distinctive
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index