This selection of films shows the problem of extremism in its complexity, examining how real people can become radicalised.
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Artículos sobre Extremism
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A survey by the Commission for Countering Extremism revealed many don’t feel able to define extremism – or found the government’s definition helpful.
Why the extremism definition is unfit for purpose.
Bin Laden’s extremist group had less than a hundred members in September 2001. Today it’s a transnational terror organization with 40,000 fighters across the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
Violent radicals are often described as jihadists. A scholar explains what the word means and why those using the word to justify terrorism are often misrepresenting their sources.
Social media companies struggle to identify and remove hate speech when it’s posted. What can computer science reveal about how hate-filled texts and videos spread online?
The arguments of far right commentators who conflate Islam with extremism are flawed. In the rich and complex tradition of Islam, extremists are a small minority who often target other Muslims.
Research shows that unrest, even terrorism, can erupt in poor countries with a surplus of young people and not enough jobs. Can Niger, a once-peaceful sub-Saharan African nation, handle its baby boom?
What can social media platforms do after terrorist attacks?
Somali community leaders should help to foster links with their traditional culture.
While nationalism is a dirty word, we often underestimate the power of its ideal in contemporary societies. We live in a world of nations, which provide identity and belonging for many people.
Law enforcement officials aren’t trained in recognizing hate crimes, leaving national numbers on these attacks unreliable.
Despite the publication of promising new statistics on referrals to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme, the strategy remains a blunt instrument.
The extent to which schools foster political deliberation, engagement, understanding and empathy has far-reaching implications for our democracy.
The shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue joins a list of more than 200 other ideologically motivated attacks by far-right extremists since 1990.
Mass murders like the killings at a Pittsburgh synagogue are seen as the work of disturbed individuals. But America has allowed violence to become unexceptional, ignoring its root cause.
The attack at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and the sending of pipe bombs to critics of the current administration are examples of the increase in the violence on the margins of the right.
An analysis of budget documents suggests that federal funding for community-based, counter-terrorism programs has dried up.
Is controversy extremist? The Charity Commission seems to think so.
The extremist network al-Muhajiroun has rebuilt itself before, but that doesn’t mean it’s destined to again.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Professor in Public Policy and Management, The Open University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology, City, University of London, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Georgia State University
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Adjunct Professor at the Political Science department, University of Winnipeg
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Pace University
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Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies, University of Glasgow
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Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, University of Sheffield
