Prevention of Neighborhood Effects on the Susceptibility to Radicalization

Results of a Comparative Study in Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID12438485
AuthorsSebastian Kurtenbach (0000-0002-6030-3906, FH Münster, Munster, Germany, corresponding author), Armin Küchler (0000-0003-1961-7679, FH Münster, Munster, Germany), Andreas Zick (0000-0001-5562-6199, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany)
Year2024
Volume61
Issue2
Pages406-442
Publication date2024-07-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10780874241259423
OpenAlexW4400969463
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited53

This study examines whether the neighborhood effect on vulnerability to radicalization can be mitigated by the density and diversity of social service organizations. In this study, vulnerability to radicalization is composed of perceived discrimination, distrust of democracy, and authoritarianism. To this end, data from surveys conducted in the three German cities of Dortmund ( n = 1,900), Bonn ( n = 1,986), and Berlin ( n = 2,060) is combined with data on social structure and the size, density, and heterogeneity of local social service organizations at the neighborhood level in hierarchical models. Although the findings show no clear preventive effects of organizational ecology on vulnerability to radicalization, they suggest that local social service organizations are more likely to be effective depending on the extent of local challenges

Authoritarianism · Computer security · Democracy · Distrust · Diversity (politics · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Political science · Politics · Radicalization · Service (business · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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