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Bullets to Ballots : Collective De-Radicalisation of Armed Movements / Omar Ashour.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) : 8 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474467117
  • 9781474467148
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.484
LOC classification:
  • HM881
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- 1 REVISITING COLLECTIVE DE-RADICALISATION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 2 LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA: A FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY -- 3 THE COLLECTIVE DE-RADICALISATION OF THE ISLAMIC GROUP IN EGYPT: A FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY -- 4 FROM ARMS TO TALKS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THREE SYRIAN ARMED ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS -- 5 THE MAHDI ARMY AND THE SADRIST MOVEMENT IN IRAQ: THE STRUGGLE FOR TRANSFORMATION -- 6 A DRAW OR A DEFEAT? HOW THE IRA TRANSITIONED FROM BULLETS TO BALLOTS -- 7 TRANSFORMATIONS AND DEFEATS: ETA AND THE END OF THE ARMED CAMPAIGN -- 8 THE AFGHAN TALIBAN AND THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS: ARE THE TALIBAN ‘DE-RADICALISING’? -- 9 TRANSFORMATIONS AFTER ‘DEFEATS’: THE CASES OF THE TUPAMAROS AND THE ARMED LEFT IN LATIN AMERICA -- 10 LEAVING THE WEAPONS WITHOUT LOSING THE WAR: UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FMLN -- 11 NEGOTIATED REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: 1990–1994 -- 12 TRANSFORMATIONS IN ETHIOPIA: FROM ARMED STRUGGLE TO THE POLITICS OF COALITION -- 13 TRANSFORMATIONS OF ARMED NONSTATE ACTORS: ENDURING CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Investigates how and why armed organisations transform into unarmed activist movements Analyses 20 case studies of transformation from 16 countries: Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Libya, Syria, Spain, the UK, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, El Salvador and NicaraguaOffers a rare cross-regional, qualitative–comparative approach utilising personal interviews with the representatives of organisations inspired by religious-based, leftist, ethno-nationalist and nationalist ideologiesIncludes first-hand de-radicalisation leader testimoniesContributes to our understanding of democratic transition, ending civil wars, peacebuilding, countering violent extremism, counterinsurgency and counterterrorismDe-radicalisation is a global phenomenon where armed organisations transform into political parties or non-violent social movements. Bullets to Ballots explores the different trajectories that this process can take – whether it occurs after a military victory, a military defeat, or a draw in an armed conflict between insurgent groups and incumbent authorities. A result of a unique collaboration between leading scholars, high-level governmental practitioners and non-state organisational leaders, this volume offers a rich comparative analysis of de-radicalisation processes from around the world. It answers the questions of when, why and how collective de-radicalisation happens, and it deepens our understanding of this as a means of preventing violent extremism.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- 1 REVISITING COLLECTIVE DE-RADICALISATION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 2 LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA: A FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY -- 3 THE COLLECTIVE DE-RADICALISATION OF THE ISLAMIC GROUP IN EGYPT: A FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY -- 4 FROM ARMS TO TALKS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THREE SYRIAN ARMED ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS -- 5 THE MAHDI ARMY AND THE SADRIST MOVEMENT IN IRAQ: THE STRUGGLE FOR TRANSFORMATION -- 6 A DRAW OR A DEFEAT? HOW THE IRA TRANSITIONED FROM BULLETS TO BALLOTS -- 7 TRANSFORMATIONS AND DEFEATS: ETA AND THE END OF THE ARMED CAMPAIGN -- 8 THE AFGHAN TALIBAN AND THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS: ARE THE TALIBAN ‘DE-RADICALISING’? -- 9 TRANSFORMATIONS AFTER ‘DEFEATS’: THE CASES OF THE TUPAMAROS AND THE ARMED LEFT IN LATIN AMERICA -- 10 LEAVING THE WEAPONS WITHOUT LOSING THE WAR: UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FMLN -- 11 NEGOTIATED REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: 1990–1994 -- 12 TRANSFORMATIONS IN ETHIOPIA: FROM ARMED STRUGGLE TO THE POLITICS OF COALITION -- 13 TRANSFORMATIONS OF ARMED NONSTATE ACTORS: ENDURING CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Investigates how and why armed organisations transform into unarmed activist movements Analyses 20 case studies of transformation from 16 countries: Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Libya, Syria, Spain, the UK, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, El Salvador and NicaraguaOffers a rare cross-regional, qualitative–comparative approach utilising personal interviews with the representatives of organisations inspired by religious-based, leftist, ethno-nationalist and nationalist ideologiesIncludes first-hand de-radicalisation leader testimoniesContributes to our understanding of democratic transition, ending civil wars, peacebuilding, countering violent extremism, counterinsurgency and counterterrorismDe-radicalisation is a global phenomenon where armed organisations transform into political parties or non-violent social movements. Bullets to Ballots explores the different trajectories that this process can take – whether it occurs after a military victory, a military defeat, or a draw in an armed conflict between insurgent groups and incumbent authorities. A result of a unique collaboration between leading scholars, high-level governmental practitioners and non-state organisational leaders, this volume offers a rich comparative analysis of de-radicalisation processes from around the world. It answers the questions of when, why and how collective de-radicalisation happens, and it deepens our understanding of this as a means of preventing violent extremism.

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In English.

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