Structural Influences on Involvement in European Homegrown Jihadism

A Case Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12234792
AutoresBart Schuurman (0000-0002-2531-0625, Leiden University, autor de correspondencia), Egbert Bakker (0000-0002-1200-9489, Leiden University), Quirine Eijkman (Leiden University)
Año2016
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas97-115
Fecha de publicación2016-05-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546553.2016.1158165
OpenAlexW2346866292
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

This article empirically assesses the applicability of structural-level hypotheses for involvement in terrorism within the context of European homegrown jihadism. It uses these hypotheses to study how structural factors influenced involvement in the Dutch “Hofstadgroup.” Structural factors enabled the group’s emergence and its participants’ adoption of extremist views. They also motivated involvement in political violence and a shift in some participants’ focus from joining Islamist insurgents overseas to committing terrorism in the Netherlands. Finally, structural factors precipitated an actual terrorist attack. No support is found for the frequently encountered argument that discrimination and exclusion drive involvement in European homegrown jihadism. Instead, geopolitical grievances were prime drivers of this process

Argument (complex analysis · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Demobilization · Geopolitics · Ideology · Jihadism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence