The lock pickers, the gatekeepers, and the non-grievables: a case study of youth workers' roles in preventing violent extremism
In: Nordic Social Work Research, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 306-317
ISSN: 2156-8588
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In: Nordic Social Work Research, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 306-317
ISSN: 2156-8588
In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Volume 26, Issue 1, p. 92-108
ISSN: 1363-0296
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 111-129
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Routledge Studies in Countering Violent Extremism
In: Routledge research in race and ethnicity 32
In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Volume 28, Issue 6, p. 716-729
ISSN: 1363-0296
In: Terrorism and political violence, Volume 35, Issue 1, p. 104-117
ISSN: 1556-1836
In: Men and masculinities, p. 1097184X2098558
ISSN: 1552-6828
Violence is a significant element in the constitution, emotional structure, and reproduction of right-wing extremism and neo-Nazism. This article examines the life histories of former neo-Nazis and explores the roles of violence in the Swedish skinhead culture and neo-Nazi organizations. We conducted individual and group interviews with seven former neo-Nazis who held high positions in the movement. Our study focused on violence and violent acts, as well as feelings of redemption and regret. The findings show that violence had always been a part of our subjects' lives. Violence was a means to solve disagreements and position themselves within the organizational hierarchy. Among our informants, masculinity was displayed and constructed through the performance of being "real men" within the circles of skinheads and neo-Nazis. The portrayal of real men as Aryan warriors attracted violent men to these circles to a greater extent and for longer than in other Nordic countries.
In: British journal of sociology of education, Volume 41, Issue 8, p. 1149-1163
ISSN: 1465-3346
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 218-236
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Soutledge studies in countering violent extremism
This book investigates how schools deal with racism and extremism, focusing on everyday life, students, and the surrounding community and geographical area. There is a lack of clarity on how racism and extremism should be managed in schools. Through extensive ethnographical data, interviews, and focus group interviews with students and school staff in mill towns and racist strongholds in Sweden, this book focuses on how racism and right-wing extremism are enacted, played out, and dealt with. It draws on theories of everyday and institutional racism as well as institutional ethnography. Formal and informal school strategies and pedagogical interventions intended to manage recurring problems in schools are discussed. The text offers a deeper insight into how racism and right-wing/neo-Nazism extremism are enacted and confronted in a rural Swedish school context and beyond. This book will be of interest to students of Terrorism Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Security Studies.
In: Whiteness and education, p. 1-17
ISSN: 2379-3414
In: Intercultural education, Volume 32, Issue 1, p. 17-31
ISSN: 1469-8439
In: Holocaust education reports
In: Journal of professions and organization: JPO, Volume 10, Issue 1, p. 65-79
ISSN: 2051-8811
AbstractInteragency collaboration among social workers, teachers, and police is key to countering violent extremism in the Nordic countries by securing comprehensive assessment of cases of concern. Yet, previous research indicates that different institutional logics—perceptions of fundamental goals, strategies, and grounds for attention in efforts to counter violent extremists—exist across professions and challenge collaboration and trust building in practice. In this article, we empirically investigate these claims across social workers (n = 1,105), teachers (n = 1,387), and police (n = 1,053) in four Nordic countries: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Using results from online surveys with professionals, we investigate the distribution of a 'societal security logic' and a 'social care logic' across professions and the degree to which these institutional logics translate into mutual trust. Through a comparison of institutional logics among practitioners with and without practical experience of interagency collaboration, we investigate whether and how institutional logics tend to mix and merge in hybrid organizational spaces. We conclude that differences in institutional logics across professions are differences in degree rather than in kind, but that such differences are important in shaping mutual trust and that experiences of interagency collaboration are correlated with a convergence toward a 'social care logic' conception of countering violent extremism.