Working paper
Published:
Working Paper on ´enabling environments´, drivers and occurrence/nonoccurrence of violent extremism in the region
Written by
Erik Skare
Ahmad Mhidi
Georges Fahmi
Nouran Ahmed
Kamaran Palani
Myriam Ababsa
Olivier Roy
Dlawer Ala‘Aldeen
Ed.
Kari M. Osland
Director
Viljar Haavik
Research Fellow
Summary:
There are a number of grievances attributed as drivers of violent extremism. Poverty, autocratic governance, human rights violations, precarious masculinities, or the lack of education, mentioning just some, all create what we may term “enabling environments”. Still, the majority living in such enabling environments and who experience such grievances do not engage in any acts of violence or join any violent extremist organizations. This begs the question, why do some communities display far greater resilience to violent extremist ideologies than others? Based on in-depth fieldwork in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, we study and analyze four cases of the non-occurrence of violent extremism in the Middle East to further our understanding of enabling environments, community resilience, and the decisive moments pushing people to, or away from, violence.
- Published year: 2021
- Full version: Read here
- Publisher: PREVEX
- Language: English
Written by
Erik Skare
Ahmad Mhidi
Georges Fahmi
Nouran Ahmed
Kamaran Palani
Myriam Ababsa
Olivier Roy
Dlawer Ala‘Aldeen