Which Theoretical-Methodological Future for Violent Radicalisation and Terrorism Studies?

Journal title SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Author/s Francesco Antonelli
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2020/3 Language Italian
Pages 15 P. 21-35 File size 200 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2020-003004
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The purpose of the paper is to identify the theoretical-methodological changes in the field of violent radicalisation and terrorism studies. In the first and the sec-ond part, the findings of a systematic review on international scientific literature and a survey on experts, will be showed. In the third part such results will be dis-cussed and the main conclusion of our study will be argued: the research on vio-lent radicalisation and terrorism needs more grounded assumptions and it is getting to move toward the re-inclusion, within the complexity background, of macro-social and macro-politics dimensions within its own analyses.

Keywords: Social Theory, Mixed-Method, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Macro-Social.

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Francesco Antonelli, Quale futuro teorico-metodologico per la ricerca sulla radicalizzazione violenta e il terrorismo? in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 3/2020, pp 21-35, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2020-003004