1st Edition

Radicalisation A Conceptual Inquiry

By Gilbert McLaughlin Copyright 2024
244 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Radicalisation is a conceptual investigation within Western liberal democratic societies that follows an analytical framework linking expertise theory to discourse analysis of publications from the academic, governmental, and non-governmental spheres, as well as a dozen interviews with experts in the field. The reader will come to understand the socio-political configurations that led to the... Read more

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Introduction

 

Part I: Preventing Political Violence

Chapter 1: The Nebulous Origins of Radicalisation 

Chapter 2: A New European Conceptual Framework

Chapter 3: Internationalisation of a New Prevention Paradigm

 

Part II: Making a Field of Scientific Research

Chapter 4: A Sociology of the Social Sciences Production of Knowledge

Chapter 5: The Challenge of Modelisation

Chapter 6: Tensions in the Operationalisation of the Concept

 

Part III: Building a Network of Experts

Chapter 7: The Emergence of a Public Issue

Chapter 8: Request of Expertise

Chapter 9: The Creation of a New Field of Expertise

Conclusion: A Look Back at the Emergence of the Term Radicalisation in the West

 

Index

Biography

Gilbert McLaughlin is a lecturer in criminology at Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom. He completed his PhD in sociology and MPhil in political thought from the University of Ottawa, Canada. His interests include beliefs and criminality, radicalisation, and violent extremism.