TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gambetta, Diego, 1952-
AU  - Hertog, Steffen
TI  - Engineers of jihad: the curious connection between violent extremism and education 
AV  - HN768.Z9     R34 2018 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Radicalism
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Extremists
KW  - Education
KW  - Terrorists
KW  - Engineering students
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Violence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index
; |tThe education of Islamist extremism --|tRelative deprivation in the Islamic world --|tRelative deprivation probed --|tThe ideology of Islamist extremism compared --|tThe education of other extremists --|tMind-sets for extremists

N2  - "The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are       prominent. rhing for an explanation, they tackle four general questions about extremism: Under which socioeconomic conditions do people join extremist groups? Does the profile of extremists reflect how they self-select into extremism or how groups recruit them? Does ideology matter in sorting who joins which group? Lastly, is there a mindset susceptible to certain types of extremism? rhing for an explanation, they tackle four general questions about extremism: Under which socioeconomic conditions do people join extremist groups? Does the profile of extremists reflect how they self-select into extremism or how groups recruit them? Does        ideology matter in sorting who joins which group? Lastly, is there a mindset susceptible to certain types of extremism? ing up markedly new perspectives on the motivations of political violence, Engineers of Jihad yields unexpected answers about the nature and emergence of extremism."--Provided by publisher

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