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Modeling Radicalization and Violent Extremism

F. Leron ShultsRoss Gore

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Agent-based modelComputational architectureRadicalizationField (Bourdieu)Scientific literatureSociologyPolicy analysisViolent extremismEpistemologyCausal model

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Given public anxiety about radicalization and violent extremism, it is not surprising that these topics have grabbed the attention of so many scholars in recent years. However, some have expressed concern over the fact that only a few studies in this relatively new field contain empirical data or systematic data analysis or develop causal models of the mechanisms generating these phenomena. We believe that computational modeling and simulation techniques can make a significant contribution to this scientific literature and eventually provide new tools for improving policy analysis. Here we briefly describe (1) an integrative theory of violent extremism proposed by Kruglanski and colleagues and (2) an agent-based model that instantiates this theory in a computational architecture.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_41