Dynamics of Political Violence

Abstract

Contents: A contentious politics approach to the explanation of radicalization, Lorenzo Bosi, Chares Demetriou and Stefan Malthaner. Part I Dynamics of Interaction between Oppositional Movements/Groups and the State: The mechanisms of emotion in violent protest, Hank Johnston A typology of backfire mechanisms, Lasse Lindekilde Processes of radicalization and de-radicalization in Western European prisons (1965-1986), Christian G. De Vito. Part II Competition and Conflict: Dynamics of Intra-Movement Interaction: Competitive escalation during protest cycles: comparing left-wing and religious conflicts, Donatella della Porta Intra-movement competition and political outbidding as mechanisms of radicalization in Northern Ireland, 1968-1969, Gianluca De Fazio The limits of radicalization: escalation and restraint in the South African liberation movement, Devashree Gupta. Part III Dynamics of Meaning Formation: Frames and Beyond: Contentious interactions, dynamics of interpretations, and radicalization: the Islamization of Palestinian nationalism, Eitan Y. Alimi and Hank Johnston Radical or righteous? Using gender to shape public perceptions of political violence, Jocelyn Viterna From national event to transnational injustice symbol: the three phases of the Muhammad cartoon controversy, Thomas Olesen. Part IV Dynamics of (Transnational) Diffusion: Radicalization from outside: the role of the anarchist diaspora in coordinating armed actions in Francoa (TM)s Spain, Eduardo Romanos Protest diffusion and rising political violence in the Turkish a (TM)68 movement: the Arab-Israeli war, a Paris Maya (TM) and the hot summer of 1968, Emin Alper The evolution of the al-Qaeda-type terrorism: networks and beyond, Ekaterina Stepanova Conclusion, Martha Crenshaw Index.