The Violent Extremist Lifecycle: Lessons from Northern Ireland
This guide draws on a reanalysis of interview data from the 1980s and 90s that explored the lifecycle phases among loyalist and republican paramilitaries…
Neil Ferguson
Staying Engaged in Terrorism: Narrative Accounts of Sustaining Participation in Violent Extremism
Research exploring radicalization pathways and how and why people become involved in terrorism has expanded since the 9/11 attacks. Likewise, over the last decade…
Radicalization or Reaction: Understanding Engagement in Violent Extremism in Northern Ireland
Over the last decade various theoretical models of radicalization or pathways into engagement in violent extremism have been developed. However, there is a dearth…
Understanding Engagement in Violent Extremism in Northern Ireland
Professor Neil Ferguson draws on his work in Northern Ireland with former Loyalist and Republican combatants, to look at factors which occur regularly in…