Essays about: "Foreign fighters"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the words Foreign fighters.

1. 16. Prelude to Islamic extremism : A study of radicalization among Muslims in Sweden and the effects of Islamophobia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Lisa Algotsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Islamophobia; Muslims; radicalization; terrorism; violent extremism; Islam; inclusion; exclusion; security; Sweden;

   Abstract : Abstract [en] On 27 April 2017 Sweden was struck by an Islamic terrorist attack which with various terrorist attacks in Europe, lead to increased Islamophobia and far-right populism in the country. This has seemingly led to Swedes becoming more prone to believe Islamophobic conspiracy theories. READ MORE

3. 17. Leaving Home to Join Extremist Violence - Framing of Swedish far-right & Islamist foreign fighters’ reasons to travel abroad to join violent extremist groups

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Yrsa Axelsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Swedish foreign fighters; radicalisation; far-right; Islamist; Frame Theory; frame resonance; frame analysis; Syria; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Why do some individuals travel to foreign land to join violent extremist groups? This thesis aims to fill the research gap on foreign fighters and their reasons to travel abroad, focusing on one of the countries most affected by this phenomenon; Sweden. Additionally, this thesis intends to counter the fixation on Islamist foreign fighters, which tend to make foreign fighters a product of Muslims. READ MORE

4. 18. An Assessment of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ Commitment to Reintegrate : A Case Study of Kwale County, Kenya

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Tina Mykkänen; [2018]
   Keywords : Al Shabaab; Terrorism; Foreign Terrorist Fighter; Reintegration; Countering Violent Extremism; Returnee; Life Psychology; Life Embeddedness; Kwale; Kenya;

   Abstract : The preoccupation in the past decades with theorizing radicalization in order to prevent violent extremism has left deradicalization undertheorized. As the number of returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) is expected to increase as a result of the anticipated military and intelligence advancement on terrorism, the reintegration imperative stresses the urgency to develop comprehensive reintegration and deradicalization strategies. READ MORE

5. 19. The news framing of the ‘Syria Fighters’in Sweden : A frame analysis of Swedish Newspapers

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Viktor Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : Foreign fighters; Syria fighters; Terrorism; Frame analysis; Framing Theory; Swedish; Dutch; Flemish; Newspapers; Media.;

   Abstract : This study examines the framing of Syria fighters in Swedish newspapers during selected time periods of 2016 and 2017. Syria Fighters refer to individuals who travel to Syria to join the ongoing conflict, an occurrence commonly known as Foreign Fighters. READ MORE

6. 20. Pushes and pulls of radicalisation into violent Islamist extremism and prevention measures targeting these: Comparing men and women

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Annemette Jacobsen; [2017]
   Keywords : Daesh; Men; Women; prevention programmes; pull factors; Push factor; radicalisation; violent Islamist extremism;

   Abstract : Recent years’ terrorist attacks in Europe and the flow of foreign fighters joining the terrorist organisation Daesh, has made the understanding of radicalisation evermore crucial. This thesis investigates if push and pull factors leading into violent Islamic extremism differentiate between men and women. READ MORE