Violent Extremism

Amir Rostami is professor of criminology at the University of Gävle and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm.Christofer Edling is professor of sociology at Lund University and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm.

This volume provides a multifaceted collection of clear and informative empirical studies examining key aspects of violent extremism and the challenges of preventing it in the Nordic context. It makes an important contribution to the research literature on extremism and is essential reading for those interested in the Scandinavian countries as well as Europe more broadly.

• Introduction, by Christofer Edling and Amir RostamiChapter 1: Cultural and Agentic Features of Danish Salafi-Jihadist Foreign Fighters, by Kathrine Elmose JørgensenChapter 2: Women in Violent Far-Left Extremism in Sweden: Positions and Roles, by Hernan MondaniChapter 3: The Ecology of an Estonian Right-Wing Milieu: Entry and Exit of Two Extremists, by Heidi MaibergChapter 4: Who’s Afraid of Terrorism and Extremism?: Divisive Worries and Securitarian Concerns in Swedish Public Opinion and Parliamentary Action 1986–2020, by Daniel Brodén, Mats Fridlund, Patrik Öhberg, Victor Wåhlstrand Skärström, and Magnus P. ÄngsalChapter 5: Street-Level Counter-Extremism: Opposition to Violent Jihadism in Criminal Milieus, by Sébastien Tutenges and Sveinung SandbergChapter 6: Selling Far-Right Extremism: New Forms of Far-Right Merchandise and Online Consumer Subcultures in Sweden, by Tina Askanius and Sofia UlverChapter 7: Masculinity Norms and Female Ideals: The Role of Gender in Online Islamist Propaganda, by Sara Jul JacobsenChapter 8: “Replacement,” Threat Perceptions, and Group-Based Relative Deprivation: Social Psychological Underpinnings of Right-Wing Extremism in Scandinavia and the West, by Joanna Lindström and Milan ObaidiChapter 9: The Becoming of a Violent Left-Wing Extremist, by Tina Wilchen ChristensenChapter 10: Preventive Social Work and Collective Transformative Agency: Preventing Riots in the Wake of Rasmus Paludan’s Burning of the Quran, by Line Lerche Mørck and Wael Adnan AicheChapter 11: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Nordic Countries’ Counter-terrorism Strategies, by Susanna Bellander and Johanna SundqvistChapter 12: Conflicting Expectations and Professional Tension in Multi-Agency Prevention Work: Findings from Research on Social Work in Norway, by Håvard HaugstvedtChapter 13: What Has the Law Got to Do with It? Information Sharing in the Nordic Countries, by Robin Andersson Malmros