Seminar 9

Question 1

disengagement

Answer 1

behaviour (going down the pyramid)

Question 2

deradicalizing

Answer 2

way of thinking (going out of the pyramid)

Question 3

aim to deradicalize not disengage: downside

Answer 3

disengagement is a more realistic goal and a goal you can measure

Question 4

aim to deradicalize not disengage: benefit

Answer 4

there has to be one trigger and they climb up the pyramid again

Question 5

turning point in disengagement process

Answer 5

weighing costs and benefits of staying vs. leaving

Question 6

when do people disengage (four factors)

Answer 6

1. Push factors (things that push you away from the organization, friends dying)
2. Pull factors (things that pull you towards mainstream society, friends and family for example, contact theory)
3. Exit barriers (things that stop you from leaving, getting killed if you leave)
4. Benefits of membership (status, respect, social identity theory)

Question 7

muslim extremists

Answer 7

• strong ideological motivation
• less susceptible to material rewards and punishments
• deradicalization necessary
• more committed
• also able to use mainstream version of ideology

Question 8

extreme right

Answer 8

• weak ideological motivation
• exit due to practical factors, ideology plays no role
• deradicalization not necessary
• less commited
• no mainstream version of ideology