Essays about: "violent extremism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the words violent extremism.

1. 6. 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. 7. Criminal networks and violent Islamic extremism : A search for meaning

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Tobias Priadi-Sörensen; [2022]
   Keywords : criminal networks; violent Islamic extremism; vulnerable areas; gangs; jihadism;

   Abstract : The Swedish Police Authority currently categorise 61 urban areas in Sweden as vulnerable areas, where there is an increased risk of becoming a victim of crime or violence to both females and males living in those areas. In these places the feeling of insecurity and the lack of trust and confidence in the judiciary system is more common than in other urban parts of Sweden. READ MORE

4. 8. Radicals with a cause: How Nordiska motståndsrörelsen expresses grievances in its violent political mobilization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Freja Wehrling; [2021]
   Keywords : Radicalization; extremism; violent political mobilization; right-wing; grievance; horizontal inequality; identity; relative deprivation; Nordiska motståndsrörelsen; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Radicalization is a debated concept and should a consensus arrive on its meaning, the ambiguity of the process would most likely remain. This research paper does not side with any model of radicalization but instead chooses to focus on one concept present in much of this research, namely grievance. READ MORE

5. 9. An examination of local resilience against violent Islamic extremism in Sweden

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Elise Östevik; [2020]
   Keywords : local resilience; violent extremism; violent Islamic extremism; Sweden;

   Abstract : The following thesis seek to examine the area of resilience in the context of violent Islamic extremism in Sweden. Its goal is to probe a theoretical typology of resilience to explore its contribution to a more precise description of local resilience against violent Islamic extremism in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 10. A case study on how municipalities in Kalmar County work preventive against radicalization and violent extremism

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Adam Sjö Idbrant; [2020]
   Keywords : Violent extremism; radicalization;

   Abstract : Since 2014, the National Coordinator has been responsible for protecting our democracy against violent extremism in Sweden. Today, it is clear that the preventive aspect against violent extremism and radicalization cannot be adjusted only to law enforcement. READ MORE