Mutual radicalization : how groups and nations drive each other to extremes / Fathali M. Moghaddam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moghaddam, Fathali M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalization--Psychological aspects.

Radicalization.

Social conflict--Psychological aspects.

Social conflict.

Political sociology.

Politics.

Political Activism.

Political Systems--psychology.

Psychology, Social.

Psychological aspects.

Medical Subjects:

Politics.

Political Activism.

Political Systems--psychology.

Psychology, Social.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 259 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book is about the powerful dynamic and destructive process termed mutual radicalization, which occurs when two groups take increasingly extreme positions opposing one another. It discusses the psychological processes underlying some key cases of mutual radicalization. The book develops a road map of how mutual radicalization takes place, shaped by underlying psychological processes. Each case study is presented within the same three-stage framework of mutual radicalization: group mobilization, extreme ingroup cohesion, and antagonistic identity transformation. The book is organized in four parts comprising twelve chapters. Part I consists of two case studies involving a nation-state and a nonstate actor, Israel--Palestine; a case involving two nation-states, Iran--United States; and two case studies involving Islamist terrorism and nation-states (the United States and the European Union). Part II describes case studies of nations in transition and in danger of moving further along the path of mutual radicalization. They represent a range of the most important 21st-century conflicts: China--Japan, North Korea--South Korea, and Pakistan--India. Part III presents three case studies of within-state or "domestic" mutual radicalization. The first involves mutual radicalization leading to gridlock in U.S. politics during the last six years of the Obama presidency, the second focuses on mutual radicalization in U.S. politics as represented by the Trump and Sanders presidential election campaigns, and the third explores the relationship between the National Rifle Association and gun-regulation groups in America. Part IV examines solutions to mutual radicalization, with proposals for how to break the cycles of distrust and violence."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Introduction: Radicalization and conflict in global context

A dynamic model of mutual radicalization

I. Islamic radicalization and the West

Israel

Palestine

Iran

United States

Unites States

Islamic Jihad

Extremist nationalists and Islamic jihadists in the European Union

II. Nation-states in transition

China

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Pakistan

India

III. Mutual radicalization in the United States

Gridlockracy in U.S. politics

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and their supporters

The National Rifle Association and the gun-regulation groups

IV. Toward solutions for mutual radicalization

Solutions to mutual radicalization

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2018.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781433829239

1433829231

9781433829284

1433829282

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