Social process by which people arrive at extreme views
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Radicalization (or radicalisation) is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo. The ideas of society at large shape the outcomes of radicalization. Radicalization can result in both violent and nonviolent action – academic literature focuses on radicalization into violent extremism (RVE) or radicalisation leading to acts of terrorism.[1][2][3] Multiple separate pathways can promote the process of radicalization, which can be independent but are usually mutually reinforcing.[4][5]
Radicalization that occurs across multiple reinforcing pathways greatly increases a group's resilience and lethality. Furthermore, by compromising a group's ability to blend in with non-radical society and to participate in a modern, national or international economy, radicalization serves as a kind of sociological trap that gives individuals no other place to go to satisfy their material and spiritual needs.[6]
^Radicalisation Processes
Leading to Acts of Terrorism. A concise Report prepared by the European Commission's Expert Group on Violent Radicalisation. Brussels Retrieved at: https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/20080500_cscp_report_vries.pdf
^Borum, Randy. Radicalization into Violent Extremism I: A Review of Social Science Theories. Journal of Strategic Security. Vol. 4 Issue 4. (2011) pp. 7–36
^Schmid, A. P. (2013-03-27). "Radicalisation, De-Radicalisation, Counter-Radicalisation: A Conceptual Discussion and Literature Review". The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^McCauley, C., Mosalenko, S. "Mechanisms of political radicalization: Pathways towards terrorism," Terrorism and Political Violence (2008). 416
^Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Radicalization: A Guide for the Perplexed. National Security Criminal Investigations. June 2009.
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Berman, Eli (2009). "Why are religious terrorists so lethal?". Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism. MIT Press (published 2011). p. 19. ISBN 9780262258005. Retrieved 18 September 2020. An objective examination of numerous successful communities of faith reveals that they often stand on two pillars. The first is their ability to meet the spiritual needs of their members [...]. The second pillar is an ability to provide more tangible services, social and economic [...].
outcomes of radicalization. Radicalization can result in both violent and nonviolent action – academic literature focuses on radicalization into violent...
Algorithmic radicalization is the concept that recommender algorithms on popular social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook drive users toward progressively...
in. Online youth radicalization can be both violent or non-violent. The phenomenon, often referred to as "incitement to radicalization towards violent...
In historiography and genocide studies, cumulative radicalization is the notion that genocide and other mass crimes are not planned long in advance, but...
Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation and Radicalization in American Politics is a 2018 book by American scholars Robert Faris, Hal Roberts...
favours Mommsen's view of the Holocaust being caused by the "cumulative radicalization" of Nazi Germany caused by the endless bureaucratic power struggles...
launched the "National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence," which "explains radicalization to violence and the destructive and harmful behaviours...
Types Algorithmic radicalization Alternative facts Big lie Cherry picking Circular reporting Cognitive bias List of cognitive biases Conspiracy theory...
to advance the idea into mainstream discourse. Algorithmic radicalization – Radicalization via social media algorithms Chinese room – Thought experiment...
Radicalization is the persuasion into and recruitment of young people to Islamism and violent jihad. Young men serving time in European prisons are especially...
violence against women. Some sources have associated manosphere-based radicalization with mass shootings motivated by misogyny. The manosphere received significant...
Ingram, Matthew. "YouTube's secret life as an engine for right-wing radicalization". Columbia Journalism Review. No. September 19, 2018. Retrieved March...
of radicalization and jihadist recruiting; nearly three dozen ex-convicts who attended training camps in Yemen were believed to have been radicalized in...
Red Ice as being important in the YouTube alt-right radicalization pipeline, further radicalizing people tentatively on the far-right and having "a history...
radicalization, or even speed at which it happens. Nor does the level of education seem to be a reliable predictor of vulnerability to radicalization...
One study found that Islamic State supporters responded to counter-radicalization efforts by censoring expression of pro-IS views and moving their activity...
The Radical Republicans (later also known as "Stalwarts") were a faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854—some...
there was a great political and social upheaval, marked by a sharp radicalization of the left and the right. Instances of political violence during this...
sport to reduce crime, as well as to prevent violent extremism and radicalization, has become more widespread, especially as a tool to improve self-esteem...
Springer, Simon; Souza, Marcelo Lopes de; White, Richard J. (eds.). The Radicalization of Pedagogy: Anarchism, Geography, and the Spirit of Revolt. Rowman...
funding something else, which may down the road lead to individuals being radicalized and becoming fodder for terrorism," Patey said. He said that Saudi has...
include explanations focusing on nationalism, religion, and wartime radicalization and continue to be debated among scholars. In the twenty-first century...
Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2022-11-17. "The Radicalization of Timothy McVeigh". 10 June 1995. Chase, Alston (2004). A Mind for...
estimates put the death toll at several dozen. This event led to a radicalization of political protests in the countryside and eventually to the outbreak...
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