Why People Radicalize: How Unfairness Judgments Are Used to Fuel Radical Beliefs, Extremist Behaviors, and Terrorism

by Kees Van Den Bos

In Why People Radicalize, Kees van den Bos argues that if we want to truly understand radicalization and prevent, attenuate, and fight violent extremism and terrorism, we must pay attention to what is driving the radicalization process. This implies that we should systematically analyze how radicalizing persons interpret the world. For example, perceptions that certain situations are fundamentally unfair and hence need to be changed are among the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190657340
• ISBN13: 9780190657345
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"