Gambetta / Hertog Engineers of Jihad

The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8025-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Diego Gambetta is professor of social theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and official fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. His books include The Sicilian Mafia and Codes of the Underworld (Princeton). Steffen Hertog is associate professor of comparative politics at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gambetta, Diego

Hertog, Steffen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii 1. The Education of Islamist Extremists 1 At the Origins 3 A Systematic Test 6 The Saudi Exception 19 Selection Effects 21 Conclusions 32 2. Relative Deprivation in the Islamic World 34 Frustrated Ambitions and Relative Deprivation 34 Beyond Egypt 38 Are Engineers Especially Deprived? 42 The Saudi Exception Again 52 Conclusions, and Facts That Do Not Fit 54 3. Relative Deprivation Probed 60 Western-Based Jihadis 60 Violent vs. Nonviolent Opposition 72 Religious vs. Secular Militants 76 Die-hard Militants vs. Defectors 80 Conclusions 83 4. The Ideology of Islamist Extremism Compared 85 Historical Links 86 Shared Values 88 Shared Tastes and Beliefs 90 Radical Ideologies Compared 94 Conclusions 98 5. The Education of Other Extremists 100 Left-wing Extremists 101 Right-wing Extremists 106 Are the Dividing Lines Robust? 113 Extremists Compared: Islamists, Leftists, and Rightists 120 Conclusions and Summary So Far 125 6. Mind-sets for Extremists 128 Traits for Types of Extremists 129 The Three Traits among Graduates 134 Enter Women 141 One More Trait: “Simplism” 146 Traits and Disciplines 150 Conclusions 154 7. Conclusions 159 Bibliography 167 Index 185

Über Autor(innen)

Diego Gambetta is professor of social theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and official fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. His books include The Sicilian Mafia and Codes of the Underworld (Princeton). Steffen Hertog is associate professor of comparative politics at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats.