Becoming a European Homegrown Jihadist : A Multilevel Analysis of Involvement in the Dutch Hofstadgroup, 2002-2005 /

Becoming a European Homegrown Jihadist : A Multilevel Analysis of Involvement in the Dutch Hofstadgroup, 2002-2005 /

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How and why do people become involved in European homegrown jihadism? This book addresses this question through an in-depth study of the Dutch Hofstadgroup, infamous for causing the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh in 2004 and for plotting numerous other terrorist attacks. The Hofstadgroup offers a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuurman, Bart (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Terrorists.
Terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Terroristes > Pays-Bas.
Terroristes > Europe.
Terrorisme > Pays-Bas > Études de cas.
Terrorisme > Europe > Études de cas.
Terrorists > Netherlands.
Terrorists > Europe.
Terrorism > Netherlands > Case studies.
Terrorism > Europe > Case studies.
Netherlands.
Europe.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Studying involvement in terrorism
  • 3. A history of the Hofstadgroup
  • 4. The ideological and organizational nature of the Hofstadgroup
  • 5. Structural-level factors: Facilitating and motivating involvement
  • 6. Group dynamics I: Initiating and sustaining involvement
  • 7. Group dynamics II: Involvement in acts of terrorist violence
  • 8. Individual-level analysis I: Cognitive explanations
  • 9. Individual-level analysis II: Terrorists as psychologically distinctive
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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