Richard A Nielsen

Deadly Clerics

Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization to explain why some Muslim clerics turn to militant jihadism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781108416689
• ISBN-10: 1108416683
• Artikelnr.: 48501946

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Nielsen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studies and teaches on Islam, political violence, human rights, economic development, and research design. His research has been published in The American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, and Sociological Methods and Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Government (2013) and an A.M. in Statistics (2010) from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Political Science (2007) from Brigham Young University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why clerics turn deadly
2. Muslim clerics
3. Paths to preaching jihad
4. Meet the clerics
5. Recognizing jihadists from their writings
6. Networks, careers, and jihadist ideology
7. Conclusion.