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understanding violent radicalisation terrorist and jihadist movements in europe
p this is the first book to address in depth the interplay between radicalisation and political violence in europe as well as the effectiveness of counter measures . p as evidenced from the multitude of intercepted plots across several european cities since 2001 the threat level and the intensity of the desire to perpetrate mass casualty attacks within europe is not diminishing . while violent radicalization has gradually moved to the top of the eu counterterrorism agenda it has been accompanied by a relatively embryonic understanding about the processes and interplay of factors that contribute to radicalization which are played out differently in cities like paris rome london and copenhagen . undoubtedly there are common factors at the global and regional levels that facilitate radicalization but it is also clear that radicalization is very context dependent . this book provides crucial insights into different ways to understand violent radicalization within national contexts and the challenges addressing the many pathways into terrorism inspired by al qaeda and other forms of islamic extremism . p this book will be of great interest to students of terrorism studies and political violence counter terrorism eu politics security studies and ir in general . p magnus ranstorp is research director of the center for asymmetric threat studies at the swedish national defence college and a member of eu expert groups on violent radicalisation . he has twenty years of experience in research on counterterrorism issues and testified at the 9 11 commission hearing .
hardcover routledge 2009 isbn13 9780415556293 isbn10 0415556295
abridged n isbn 13 9780415556293 number in series 1 number of pages 263 publisher taylor & francis release date 62135769600000 series title political violence