Clubb, G orcid.org/0000-0002-5168-2043 (2016) Social Movement De-Radicalisation and the Decline of Terrorism: The Morphogenesis of the Irish Republican Movement. Contemporary Terrorism Studies . Routledge , Oxford ISBN 9781138933941
Abstract
The continuity of terrorism and political violence from generation to generation demonstrates the need to go beyond a focus on groups or individuals in order to explain how terrorism ends. The concept of de-radicalisation has been critiqued for its lack of explanatory value in accounting for disengagement from terrorism or how the risk of terrorism re-emerging is reduced. However, building on the morphogenetic approach, this book distinguishes between structure/culture and agency over time in order to analyse the causal influence between the two. Two processes are analysed: disengagement framing processes explain how actors change attitudes to violence and the book identifies which factors ensure frames resonate with audiences; and social movement de-radicalisation accounts for the outcomes of disengagement in initiating structural change which transforms the landscape the next generation finds itself in. The fundamental aim of the book is to provide theoretical and conceptual insights into how terrorism can not only come to an end, but can be prevented from emerging to be a significant threat again within a society. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, social movement theory, British and Irish Politics, war and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
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Item Type: | Book |
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Keywords: | De-Radicalization; Disengagement; Social Movement Theory; Northern Ireland; Terrorism |
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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: | 06 Jun 2016 10:29 |
Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2021 12:48 |
Published Version: | https://www.routledge.com/Social-Movement-De-Radic... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Series Name: | Contemporary Terrorism Studies |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94444 |