Understanding Vulnerability to Violent Extremism

Evidence from Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID12976207
AuthorsEka Ikpe (0000-0002-4859-3592, King's College London, corresponding author), Damilola Adegoke (0000-0002-9170-8439, King's College London), Funmi Olonisakin (0000-0002-0787-6203, King's College London), Folahanmi Aina (0000-0002-4999-2042, King's College London)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue1
Pages5-31
Publication date2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Security (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1939-2206 • E-ISSN: 1939-2214
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19392206.2023.2185746
OpenAlexW4323314541
LanguageEN
Citations received1

This paper analyses the links between socioeconomic concerns and one of the most significant conflicts in the world, the Boko Haram-led insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. In doing so it centers group dynamics for analysis of how women and youth constituencies intersect with vulnerability to violent extremism. It offers sophisticated quantitative analysis of new and original gender- and age-disaggregated survey data, with over 80% female respondents. The paper finds that while poverty can influence vulnerability to violent extremism, women and youth constituencies interact in particular ways with structural factors and certain youth constituencies exhibit lower propensities to violence

Boko haram · Computer security · Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Insurgency · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Violent extremism · Vulnerability (computing · Demography · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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