Perceived exclusion and injustice prime society-wide breeding grounds for radicalization

Evidence

Both experts, Andreas Peham and Fabian Reicher, emphasize the importance of not neglecting social roots of radicalization and not focusing solely on individual biographical causes. In order to combat extremist and divisive tendencies in society, the focus must not only be on the individual, but also on how extremist tendencies can be countered in society as a whole . When people experience exclusion and perceive the social and political system as unjust, mistrust in decision-makers and state institutions increases. This prepares the breeding ground for conspiracy myths, segregation and radicalization. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 716

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the chapter’s earlier theme that exploitation and distrust of institutions fuel the very cult-like and conspiracy behaviors being critiqued. Also recalls the anti-FOIA/skepticism material about institutional mistrust. — connects to: Persecution strengthens the pathological relationship of the excluded; Six persistent structural grievances sustained the student movement’s radicalization; Frustrated identity needs have never been shown to precede rather than follow radicalization — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 253 (+7 more)

Related

• Six persistent structural grievances sustained the student movement’s radicalization (similarity 0.83)
• Despite theory treating radicalization as a process, most quantitative studies are cross-sectional (similarity 0.80)
• Frustrated identity needs have never been shown to precede rather than follow radicalization (similarity 0.78)