Politico-ideological Mobilisation and Violence in the Arab World

This book presents a study of politico-ideological mobilisation and violence by focusing on the life stories, trajectories and narratives of individuals who mobilised for causes and conflicts in the Arab World.

Auteur

Ahmed Ajil has just completed his PhD (Criminology) at the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Université Laval, Canada. His doctoral research was empirically based on research conducted in Switzerland, Lebanon and Canada with individuals involved in politico-ideological violence, activists, political and religious authorities, researchers and policymakers. Outside of academia, Dr Ajil is a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Prison and Probation.

Contenu

Introduction*

PART I: Towards a grievance-based analysis

Chapter 1: Engaging with PIV and PIM in relation to the Arab World

Chapter 2: Bringing grievances back in

Chapter 3: Research protocol

Part II: Mapping grievances

Chapter 4: Three ideal-types of grievances

Chapter 5: Socio-economic grievances

Chapter 6: Ethno-racial grievances

Chapter 7: Political grievances

Chapter 8: Grievances, a relevant object of inquiry?

Part III: Performing grievances

Chapter 9: Identification : Naming the injustice

Chapter 10 : Appropriation - Owning the injustice

Chapter 11: Responsibilisation of self and others - addressing the injustice

PART IV: Mobilisation, violence and disengagement

Chapter 12: The taste of radicality: Thrill-seeking and adventurism

Chapter 13 : The logics of violence: 'Bring back the chaos'

Chapter 14 : The importance of context: Places, people and biographic availability

Chapter 15: Disengaging: 'You have to give him love'

PART V: Discussion and outlook

Chapter 16: Towards a theory of grievance-based mobilisation

Chapter 17 : Implications for research and policymaking

Conclusion*