Becoming a European Homegrown Jihadist

Author/Creator:

Schuurman, Bart, author

Publication/Creation:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Becoming a European Homegrown Jihadist Bart Schuurman

Related/Included Titles:

Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
1. Introduction --
2. Studying involvement in terrorism --
3. A history of the Hofstadgroup --
4. The ideological and organizational nature of the Hofstadgroup --
5. Structural-level factors: Facilitating and motivating involvement --
6. Group dynamics I: Initiating and sustaining involvement --
7. Group dynamics II: Involvement in acts of terrorist violence --
8. Individual-level analysis I: Cognitive explanations --
9. Individual-level analysis II: Terrorists as psychologically distinctive --
10. Conclusion --
Abbreviations --
Bibliography --
Index

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Hofstadgroep--History
Terrorists--Europe--History--21st century..
Terrorists--Netherlands--History--21st century
Terrorism--Europe--History--21st century
Terrorism--Netherlands--History--21st century
Terrorism--Europe--Case studies
Terrorism--Netherlands--Case studies

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Studying involvement in terrorism -- 3. A history of the Hofstadgroup -- 4. The ideological and organizational nature of the Hofstadgroup -- 5. Structural-level factors: Facilitating and motivating involvement -- 6. Group dynamics I: Initiating and sustaining involvement -- 7. Group dynamics II: Involvement in acts of terrorist violence -- 8. Individual-level analysis I: Cognitive explanations -- 9. Individual-level analysis II: Terrorists as psychologically distinctive -- 10. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index.

Summary:

How and why do people become involved in European homegrown jihadism? This book addresses this question through an in-depth study of the Dutch Hofstadgroup, infamous for causing the murderer of filmmaker Theo van Gogh in 2004 and for plotting numerous other terrorist attacks. The Hofstadgroup offers a window into the broader phenomenon of homegrown jihadism that arose in Europe in 2004 and is still with us today. Utilizing interviews with former Hofstadgroup participants and the extensive police files on the group, this book overcomes the scarcity of high-quality data that has beset the study of terrorism for decades. The book advances a multicausal and multilevel understanding of involvement in European homegrown jihadism. It stresses that the factors that initiate involvement are separate from those that sustain it, which in turn are again likely to differ from those that bring some individuals to actual acts of terrorism.

Language:

English

Language Note:

In English.

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Restrictions on Access:

Open access

Use and Reproduction:

This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0

General Note:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leiden University, 2017.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937136024702486

ISBN:

9789048538300
9048538300

OCLC Number:

1052613214
1202554701

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9789048538300