Why Reciprocal Intergroup Radicalisation Happened between Islamists and Anti-Islamists in Britain but Not in Norway

Between 2009 and 2015, both Islamist and anti-Islamist protest groups were active in Britain and Norway. However, while these opposing groups regularly clashed violently in the U.K., such interactions never occurred in Norway. This paper seeks to explain why seemingly similar group dyads produced di...

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Authors: Lygren, Sofia (Author) ; Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cass 2023
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 390-408
Further subjects:B anti-Islamists
B Islamists
B Cumulative extremism
B reciprocal intergroup radicalization
B Political Violence
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