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Social problems --- Polemology --- Terrorism --- Terrorism. --- Prevention. --- Terrorism.Prevention.

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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. The authors 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. Searching 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 ? Using rigorous methods and several new datasets, the authors explain the link between educational discipline and type of radicalism by looking at two key factors : the social mobility (or lack thereof) for engineers in the Muslim world, and a particular mindset seeking order and hierarchy that is found more frequently among engineers. Engineers' presence in some extremist groups and not others, the authors argue, is a proxy for individual traits that may account for the much larger question of selective recruitment to radical activism.

Social problems --- Criminology. Victimology --- Radicalism --- Extremists --- Terrorists --- Engineering students --- Violence --- Terrorism --- Jihad. --- Education --- Political activity --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Jihad.Education

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In vele landen bestaat er een grote discrepantie tussen de wetten die vrouwen moeten beschermen en de inspanningen die worden geleverd voor de naleving ervan. Seksisme en discriminatie komen nog altijd veel voor en hebben ook een effect op internationale relaties. De auteurs menen zelfs dat veel van de internationale conflicten van de toekomst zullen gaan tussen die landen die wél werken aan gendergelijkheid en zij die dat niet doen. Feit is dat de realiteit waarbinnen vrouwen moeten (over)leven, alsook de geldende normen binnen een patriarchale cultuur, nefast zijn voor een constructieve dialoog tussen landen. Eén van de belangrijke vragen waarop men in dit boek eveneens een antwoord zoekt, is of er een link bestaat tussen de veiligheid van vrouwen en de veiligheid van de Staat. Maar hoe bereikt men een systeem van gendergelijkheid dat duurzaam is en dat ieders veiligheid garandeert? Daartoe bespreken de auteurs zowel de 'top-down' fals de 'bottom-up'-benadering en welke van die twee het meest effectief blijkt op de lange termijn.

Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Social problems --- Polemology --- Equal opportunities --- Gender --- International politics --- Islam --- War --- Government policy --- Patriarchy --- Social inequality --- Safety --- Book --- Globalization --- Discrimination --- Domestic violence

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This edited volume analyses violent conflict and its impact on local institutional and development processes. It shows how the behaviour of individuals helps us understand the complex dynamic links between conflict, violence and development.

Social problems --- Polemology --- Political sociology --- Social conflict --- Violence --- Economic development --- Conflit social --- Développement économique --- Research --- Methodology. --- Methodology --- Social aspects --- Recherche --- Méthodologie --- Methodologie --- Aspect social --- MICROCON (Programme) --- ViolenceResearch --- Aspect socialMICROCON (Programme) --- Développement économique --- Méthodologie --- Social aspects.

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#SBIB:35H52 --- BPB1204 --- Ethique Ethiek --- Déontologie (fonctionnaires) Plichtenleer --- Ethiek van bestuur en beleid --- Social problems --- Toxicology --- Drug control --- Drug traffic --- Drug control. --- Lutte antidrogue --- Drogues --- International cooperation. --- Coopération internationale --- Trafic --- Politique gouvernementale