Why conventional wisdom on radicalization fails: The persistence of a failed discourse

International Affairs

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 889-901

  Githens Mazer, Jonathan ^a   Lambert, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954779853     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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3. Here we are using the term 'conventional wisdom' to designate 'ideal types' of theoretical approaches to radicalization, rather than to unpack explicit nuances in different specific theoretical approaches.
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