Community resilience to violent extremism in Kenya / Lauren Van Metre.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Van Metre, Lauren, author.

Contributor:

United States Institute of Peace, issuing body.

Series:

Peaceworks ; no. 122.

Peaceworks ; no. 122

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Kenya.

Violence.

Resilience (Personality trait)--Kenya.

Resilience (Personality trait).

Conflict management--Kenya.

Conflict management.

Radicalism--Kenya.

Radicalism.

Kenya.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (42 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"Violent extremism often spreads through localized conflict, with extremist groups manipulating local grievances to gain position and traction. Both the international community and national governments have difficulty working in such small-scale and diverse conflict contexts. Understanding how communities undermine and regulate violent extremist groups helps assess local risk and vulnerability for improved, targeted support. This experimental, mixed-method study identifies key community resilience factors to violent extremism in urban neighborhoods in Kenya, including high levels of Christian-Muslim association and high-functioning community-led and -focused security initiatives. These community resilience factors could become part of an evidence-based foundation for successful prevention programming in and beyond Kenya"--Publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction

Key terms

Methodology

Data collection and analysis

Findings

Community resilience stories

Overall findings

Recommendations.

Notes:

"September 2016"--Page 1.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USIP, viewed January 24, 2017).

OCLC:

969972738