Violent Extremism

Christofer Edling is professor of sociology at Lund University. Amir Rostami is professor of criminology at the University of Gaevle.

Introduction, by Christofer Edling and Amir Rostami Chapter 1: Cultural and Agentic Features of Danish Salafi-Jihadist Foreign Fighters, by Kathrine Elmose Jorgensen Chapter 2: Women in Violent Far-Left Extremism in Sweden: Positions and Roles, by Hernan Mondani Chapter 3: The Ecology of an Estonian Right-Wing Milieu: Entry and Exit of Two Extremists, by Heidi Maiberg Chapter 4: Who's Afraid of Terrorism and Extremism?: Divisive Worries and Securitarian Concerns in Swedish Public Opinion and Parliamentary Action 1986-2020, by Daniel Broden, Mats Fridlund, Patrik OEhberg, Victor Wahlstrand Skaerstroem, and Magnus P. AEngsal Chapter 5: Street-Level Counter-Extremism: Opposition to Violent Jihadism in Criminal Milieus, by Sebastien Tutenges and Sveinung Sandberg Chapter 6: Selling Far-Right Extremism: New Forms of Far-Right Merchandise and Online Consumer Subcultures in Sweden, by Tina Askanius and Sofia Ulver Chapter 7: Masculinity Norms and Female Ideals: The Role of Gender in Online Islamist Propaganda, by Sara Jul Jacobsen Chapter 8: "Replacement," Threat Perceptions, and Group-Based Relative Deprivation: Social Psychological Underpinnings of Right-Wing Extremism in Scandinavia and the West, by Joanna Lindstroem and Milan Obaidi Chapter 9: The Becoming of a Violent Left-Wing Extremist, by Tina Wilchen Christensen Chapter 10: Preventive Social Work and Collective Transformative Agency: Preventing Riots in the Wake of Rasmus Paludan's Burning of the Quran, by Line Lerche Morck and Wael Adnan Aiche Chapter 11: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Nordic Countries' Counter-terrorism Strategies, by Susanna Bellander and Johanna Sundqvist Chapter 12: Conflicting Expectations and Professional Tension in Multi-Agency Prevention Work: Findings from Research on Social Work in Norway, by Havard Haugstvedt Chapter 13: What Has the Law Got to Do with It? Information Sharing in the Nordic Countries, by Robin Andersson Malmros