Essays about: "Religious extremism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Religious extremism.

  1. 1. Youth Radicalization and Violent Extremism in North-East Nigeria: An Assessment of Risk Factors and Government’s Responses

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Edwin Ocheli; [2022]
    Keywords : Radicalization; Deradicalization; Youths; Boko Haram; Terrorism; Violent Extremist; Disengagement;

    Abstract : This study assesses the problem of youth radicalization and violent extremism in the northeast region of Nigeria. The study aimed to identify and explain the major factors that make these youths in the region vulnerable to the radical ideologies of Boko Haram, how these factors have interacted and resulted in them being sympathetic to terrorism in the region or being actively involved in the act. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does subjective (un)happiness predict religious extremism?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Pontus Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Happiness; Life satisfaction; Subjective well-being; Psycho-emotional well-being; Religious extremism;

    Abstract : With religious extremism being a destructive force in many parts of the world, the mission to understand and mitigate it is always actual. The current thesis tries to contribute to the knowledge of this phenomenon by investigating it through a very particular lens – its relation to subjective happiness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Made in China – assimilating ethnic minorities in the 21st century : An examination of Xi Jinping’s efforts to sinicise ethnic minorities in China through framing

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wiam Lena Khalid Jamel; [2021]
    Keywords : Ethnic policy; assimilation; sinicisation; China; Xi Jinping; framing theory.;

    Abstract : The study aims to analyse how China, under the Xi Jinping administration, assimilates its ethnic minorities by exploring white papers' underlying motives. The ambition is to understand China’s actions and how they can affect the future. READ MORE

  5. 4. WAR AND FAITH - COPING STRATEGIES AMONG CHRISTIANS SURVIVING ISIS IN NORTHERN IRAQ

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Beatrice Eriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : Strategies; survival; resilience; resistance; health; religion; faith; identity; peace; altruism; activism; Christianity; Assyrian; Chaldean; Syriac; sense of coherence; coping; northern Iraq; Mosul; Nineveh; Erbil; war; genocide; terrorism; ISIS; extremism; nationalism;

    Abstract : During the last decades, the Christian population of Iraq is estimated to have decreased from about 1.5 million people to about 120,000. READ MORE

  6. 5. Securing the society - a woman's risk to take? : A field study on how women’s perception of safety is impacted by engaging in prevention of violent extremism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Fanny Arendt; [2019]
    Keywords : PVE; women; sacred values; perception of safety; Indonesia;

    Abstract : This study explores how women’s perceptions of safety is impacted by participating in a program aimed at preventing violent extremism (PVE). The theoretical framework mainly draws on literature on women and conflict prevention, sacred values and human security studies. READ MORE