TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban environments favorable to radical narratives The case of El Puche
AU - Moyano, Manuel
AU - Bélanger, Jocelyn J.
AU - Lobato, Roberto M.
AU - Trujillo, Humberto M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Centro Mixto UGR-MADOC under Grant 18/16 CEMIX UGR-MADOC and by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ under Grant PID2020-116646RBI00.
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PY - 2022/7/21
Y1 - 2022/7/21
N2 - This paper aims to study the process of violent radicalization in El Puche, a marginal neighborhood of Spain with a high percentage of disenfranchised Muslims. Particularly, we explore whether this neighborhood exhibits the factors proposed by the 3N model of radicalization: needs, networks, and narratives. We present two studies in which we analyze these factors. In the first study, we compare needs and networks between Muslims (N=47) and Christians (N=45). In the second study, we analyze the interrelation of these factors in a sample of Muslims (N=111). We found that people’s association with radical networks mediates the relationship between the quest for significance and radical narratives. We conclude that need, network, and narrative are interconnected, and illustrate some of the dynamics that foster social exclusion and radicalization, leading to supporting violence in this type of urban environments.
AB - This paper aims to study the process of violent radicalization in El Puche, a marginal neighborhood of Spain with a high percentage of disenfranchised Muslims. Particularly, we explore whether this neighborhood exhibits the factors proposed by the 3N model of radicalization: needs, networks, and narratives. We present two studies in which we analyze these factors. In the first study, we compare needs and networks between Muslims (N=47) and Christians (N=45). In the second study, we analyze the interrelation of these factors in a sample of Muslims (N=111). We found that people’s association with radical networks mediates the relationship between the quest for significance and radical narratives. We conclude that need, network, and narrative are interconnected, and illustrate some of the dynamics that foster social exclusion and radicalization, leading to supporting violence in this type of urban environments.
KW - 3N model of Radicalization
KW - deprived context
KW - legitimation of terrorism
KW - narratives of terror
KW - relative deprivation
KW - social network
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U2 - 10.1075/ps.21016.lob
DO - 10.1075/ps.21016.lob
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135399706
SN - 1878-9714
VL - 13
SP - 361
EP - 382
JO - Pragmatics and Society
JF - Pragmatics and Society
IS - 3
ER -