Curriculum wars and youth political education in the UK and Australia—a narrative review

S Hussain, J Knijnik, R Balram - Curriculum Perspectives, 2024 - Springer
This paper discusses the questions at the heart of the tussle between different types of
knowledge within curricula that we conceptualise as 'curriculum wars'. Across the world, we …

How 'gangsters' become jihadists: Bourdieu, criminology and the crime–terrorism nexus

J Ilan, S Sandberg - European Journal of Criminology, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
A background in 'ordinary'crime, violence and drug use seems to characterize many
European individuals recently involved in ISIS-related jihadi violence. With its long tradition …

The truth is out there: The prevalence of conspiracy theory use by radical violent extremist organizations

GJ Rousis, FD Richard, DYD Wang - Terrorism and Political …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This project examined conspiracy theory use across three types of groups: radical violent
extremists (RVE), nonviolent extremists, and moderates. Using the theory of significance …

Understanding the micro-situational dynamics of white supremacist violence in the United States

S Windisch, P Simi, K Blee, M DeMichele - Perspectives on Terrorism, 2018 - JSTOR
While substantial effort has been devoted to investigating the radicalization process and
developing theories to explain why this occurs, surprisingly few studies offer explanations of …

The street-jihadi spectrum: Marginality, radicalization, and resistance to extremism

S Sandberg, S Tutenges, J Ilan - European Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
For over a decade, jihadi terrorism in Europe, and the recruitment of Europeans to fight for
ISIS in Syria, have increasingly involved marginalized youths from a social context of street …

Street culture meets extremism: How Muslims involved in street life and crime oppose jihadism

S Tutenges, S Sandberg - The British Journal of Criminology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Many studies have examined why individuals with a background in street life and crime are
drawn toward extremism. This paper examines why most people with this background reject …

Epistemic pluralism and the justification of conceptual strategies in science

D Wegerhoff, T Ward, L Dixon - Theory & Psychology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, epistemic pluralism has received considerable endorsement as an
approach to constructing scientific explanations and pursuing empirical research programs …

Examining the physical manifestation of alt-right gangs: From online trolling to street fighting

SE Reid, M Valasik, A Bagavathi - Gangs in the era of internet and social …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter explores how social media have allowed Alt-Right gangs to advance not only
their ideology and subculture online, but to facilitate organizing in the physical world …

Alt‐right gangs and far‐right extremists: From the margins to the mainstream

M Valasik, SE Reid - Sociology compass, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The continued public presence of far‐right groups, particularly alt‐right gangs (eg, Proud
Boys) participating in mass demonstrations and protests across the United States has made …

Recognizing youth radicalization in schools: Slovenian 'frontline'school workers in search of a compass

JV Beršnak, I Prezelj - International Sociology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
International research shows that youth is one of the groups that are the most vulnerable
and most susceptible to radicalization. Some of the research findings show school workers' …