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This chapter analyses the phenomenon of terrorism from diverse theoretical perspectives in order to clarify the scope of the concepts of ideology and interpellation to study youngsters’ phenomenon of identification with the cause of, and subsequent voluntary support for, jihadism through lone wolves’ actions.
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Diaspora means the dispersion of ethnical or religious groups across the globe, leaving their original homeland.
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The Chicago School of Criminology shifts the focus of crime explanation from individual to socialisation factors. From the Chicago School Perspective, terrorism and all criminal activities are influenced by social situations and community environment, in particular by specific collective phenomena such as social disorganisation, differential association, social labelling and learning processes. Ref. Bryant (2014), pp. 1–3.
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Beyer points out how neorealism and power-based theories fail to probe the existence of a “hegemonic governance” based on American power on fighting terrorism.
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Payá-Santos, C., Delgado-Morán, J., Mazurier, P.A. (2018). Individual Terrorism as a Response to the Distorted Phenomenon of Cultural Identity. In: Ramírez, J., Abad-Quintanal, G. (eds) Cross-Cultural Dialogue as a Conflict Management Strategy. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77231-8_4
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