Radicalisation - A Conceptual Inquiry

Radicalisation is a conceptual investigation within Western liberal democratic societies that follows an analytical framework linking expertise theory to discourse analysis.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Part I: Preventing Political Violence
Chapter 1: The Nebulous Origins of Radicalisation
Chapter 2: A New European Conceptual Framework
Chapter 3: Internationalisation of a New Prevention Paradigm
Part II: Making a Field of Scientific Research
Chapter 4: A Sociology of the Social Sciences Production of Knowledge
Chapter 5: The Challenge of Modelisation
Chapter 6: Tensions in the Operationalisation of the Concept
Part III: Building a Network of Experts
Chapter 7: The Emergence of a Public Issue
Chapter 8: Request of Expertise
Chapter 9: The Creation of a New Field of Expertise
Conclusion: A Look Back at the Emergence of the Term Radicalisation in the West
Index

About the author

Gilbert McLaughlin is a lecturer in criminology at Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom. He completed his PhD in sociology and MPhil in political thought from the University of Ottawa, Canada. His interests include beliefs and criminality, radicalisation, and violent extremism.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert McLaughlin, Gilbert (Liverpool Hope University) Mclaughlin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032496634
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249663-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Sociology, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Warfare and defence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Political ideologies and movements