Clubb, G orcid.org/0000-0002-5168-2043 and Tapley, M (2018) Conceptualising de-radicalisation and former combatant re-integration in Nigeria. Third World Quarterly, 39 (11). pp. 2053-2068. ISSN 0143-6597
Abstract
Nigeria has recently joined the many states which have established de-radicalisation programmes. The article engages with debates on how the success of de-radicalisation can be ascertained given the substantial flaws of using individual-oriented recidivism rates as a measure. Many studies on de-radicalisation emphasise the need to consider the programme’s context to facilitate success, yet ‘context’ has been under-conceptualised and approached statically. The paper provides greater agency to ‘the context’ in distinguishing between the type of milieus former combatants are re-integrated into and how these emergent social relations shape the scope of de-radicalisation programmes, beyond the traditional over-emphasis on programme participant outcomes as measures of success. The Nigerian de-radicalisation programme has a broader function insofar as it provides former combatants with ‘scripts’ of disengagement and function as a brand, signalling to communities that former combatants have repented and are ‘better citizens, imbued with genuine nationalism’ that resonate with local communities.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Southseries Inc. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Third World Quarterly on 26/04/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01436597.2018.1458303 |
Keywords: | de-radicalization; Boko Haram; DDR; ex-combatants; radical milieu; countering violent extremism |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2018 09:54 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2019 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01436597.2018.1458303 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131112 |