Essays about: "Violent Islamist Extremism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Violent Islamist Extremism.

1. 1. Examining the United Kingdom's Counter–terrorism Strategy:A discourse analysis of Prevent and its depiction of violent Islamist extremism

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Govand Barawi; [2023]
   Keywords : Prevent; UK; Terrorism;

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3. 2. The Securitization of Extremism Threats in the Swedish Government : What Actual Significance does the Alleged Identification and Classification of a Security Threat have for Swedish National Security?

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Mathilda Marklund; [2022]
   Keywords : School attacks; violence-promoting extremism; Islamist extremism; right-wing extremism; left-wing extremism; lone-actor of extremism.; Skolskjutningar; skolattacker; våldsbejakande extremism; våldsbejakande islamism; högerextremism; vänsterextremism; ensamagerande våldsverkare;

   Abstract : The new phenomena of “school attacks” has emerged in Sweden since 2015. Between 2015 and today (2022), Sweden has been a subject of four “school attacks”, whereas three of these attacks have occurred within a period of seven months. READ MORE

4. 3. Returning Foreign Fighters to Denmark & Sweden: The Enemies of the State?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Cianna Flyger; [2020]
   Keywords : Islamic state; foreign fighters; Denmark; Sweden; policy; discourses; critical security studies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Denmark and Sweden, as the rest of Europe, face a dilemma of whether to repatriate their citizens who travelled to the so-called Islamic State, from the wretched refugee camps in Syria and Iraq after its fall, and how to deal with those already returned. This thesis examines the two countries’ policy-approaches and discourses to the issue of foreign fighters (FF’s) through a comparative case study, mainly focusing on Denmark, and empirical analysis of statements on FF’s from key political actors, using the social scientific method of critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. Failed Integration, Alienation and the Rise of Homegrown Violent Islamist Extremism in Sweden : An institutional framework for analyzing Sweden’s terrorism prevention policy and practice

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Morteza Eslahchi; [2017]
   Keywords : Islamic State IS ; Terrorism; Counter-terrorism; Terrorism Prevention; Violent Islamist Extremism; Alienation; Social Inclusion; Sweden;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I try to analyze how Sweden prevents violent Islamist extremism. First, by using alienation and network theories I explain how various socio-economic factors create an alienating environment in which individuals who have inappropriate social network can move towards violent Islamist extremism. READ MORE

6. 5. 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