Justifying the Unforgivable: how ideology shapes patterns of violence of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab

Justifying the Unforgivable: how ideology shapes patterns of violence of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab

The question of how armed group ideology influences its behaviour has been tentatively explored in the past decade. However, which role distinct ideological commitments play in civilian targeting has not been satisfactorily discussed thus far. This thesis turns to research on genocide and mass viole...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Post, Gerdine
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning 2018
Subjects:
Ideology
Violence against Civilians
Armed Groups
Threat Perceptions
Exclusionary Ideology
Civil Conflict
Boko Haram
Al-Shabaab
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352974

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