Overview

This book explores the drivers of violent extremism, with special reference to the Muslim world in the past three decades. This book summarises what we know and what we do not know about the drivers of violent Islamist extremism. This book identifies some of the most common misconceptions or pitfalls in the study of violent extremism in order to avoid potentially counter-productive approaches when designing development assistance programs with a counter-extremism component.

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Author:   Deborah M Price ,  Joshua W Morris
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.738kg
ISBN:  

9781611229158

ISBN 10:   1611229154
Pages:   275
Publication Date:   11 August 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface; Guide to the Drivers of Violent Extremism; Development Assistance & Counter-Extremism: A Guide to Programming; Testimony of Maajid Nawaz, Director of The Quilliam Foundation, London, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Hearing on ""The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism & Efforts to Counter It""; Statement of Peter P. Mandaville, Associate Professor of Government & Politics, Co-Director, Center for Global Studies, George Mason University, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Hearing on ""The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism & Efforts to Counter It""; Statement of Zeyno Baran, Senior Fellow & Director of Center for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Hearing on ""The Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism & Efforts to Counter It""; Statement of Fathali M. Moghaddam, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Director, Conflict Resolution Program, Dept. of Government, Georgetown University, Senior Fellow, Center on Policy, Education, & Research on Terrorism, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Hearing on ""Violent Islamist Extremism in Global Context""; Statement of Michael Leiter, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Hearing on ""Roots of Violent Islamist Extremism & Efforts to Counter It""; Index."

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