The Resource Engineers of Jihad : the curious connection between violent extremism and education, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog, (electronic resource)
Engineers of Jihad : the curious connection between violent extremism and education, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are prominent. Searching for an explanation, they tackle four general questions about extremism: Under which socioeconomic conditions do people join extremist groups? Does the profile of extremists reflect how they self-select into extremism or how groups recruit them? Does ideology matter in sorting who joins which group? Lastly, is there a mindset susceptible to certain types of extremism? Using rigorous methods and several new datasets, they explain the link between educational discipline and type of radicalism by looking at two key factors: the social mobility (or lack thereof) for engineers in the Muslim world, and a particular mindset seeking order and hierarchy that is found more frequently among engineers. Engineers'presence in some extremist groups and not others, the authors argue, is a proxy for individual traits that may account for the much larger question of selective recruitment to radical activism. Opening up markedly new perspectives on the motivations of political violence, Engineers of Jihad yields unexpected answers about the nature and emergence of extremism.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- Preface
- 1. The Education of Islamist Extremists
- 2. Relative Deprivation in the Islamic World
- 3. Relative Deprivation Probed
- 4. The Ideology of Islamist Extremism Compared
- 5. The Education of Other Extremists
- 6. Mind-sets for Extremists
- 7. Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780691145174
- Label
- Engineers of Jihad : the curious connection between violent extremism and education
- Title
- Engineers of Jihad
- Title remainder
- the curious connection between violent extremism and education
- Statement of responsibility
- Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are prominent. Searching for an explanation, they tackle four general questions about extremism: Under which socioeconomic conditions do people join extremist groups? Does the profile of extremists reflect how they self-select into extremism or how groups recruit them? Does ideology matter in sorting who joins which group? Lastly, is there a mindset susceptible to certain types of extremism? Using rigorous methods and several new datasets, they explain the link between educational discipline and type of radicalism by looking at two key factors: the social mobility (or lack thereof) for engineers in the Muslim world, and a particular mindset seeking order and hierarchy that is found more frequently among engineers. Engineers'presence in some extremist groups and not others, the authors argue, is a proxy for individual traits that may account for the much larger question of selective recruitment to radical activism. Opening up markedly new perspectives on the motivations of political violence, Engineers of Jihad yields unexpected answers about the nature and emergence of extremism.--
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- Gambetta, Diego
- Index
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- Hertog, Steffen
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- Radicalism
- Extremists
- Terrorists
- Engineering students
- Violence
- Terrorism
- Jihad
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- Engineers of Jihad : the curious connection between violent extremism and education, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog, (electronic resource)
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- Preface -- 1. The Education of Islamist Extremists -- 2. Relative Deprivation in the Islamic World -- 3. Relative Deprivation Probed -- 4. The Ideology of Islamist Extremism Compared -- 5. The Education of Other Extremists -- 6. Mind-sets for Extremists -- 7. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
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- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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- Engineers of Jihad : the curious connection between violent extremism and education, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- Contents
- Preface -- 1. The Education of Islamist Extremists -- 2. Relative Deprivation in the Islamic World -- 3. Relative Deprivation Probed -- 4. The Ideology of Islamist Extremism Compared -- 5. The Education of Other Extremists -- 6. Mind-sets for Extremists -- 7. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ybp12758933
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780691145174
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
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- (OCoLC)936057030
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