Radicalisation: The Life Narratives of Political Prisoners: Supplementary Grant
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Hull
Department Name: Social Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
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ORCID iD |
| Melissa Dearey (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | Radicalisation is a complex and shifting process, deeply embedded in everyday private life and political-economic realities. In my research, I wanted to know how people who had ended up in prison because of their 'radical' activism (violent and non-violent) explained their motivations and made sense of what led to their actions. What I found was that in a number of different cultural-political contexts, certain factors emerged as commonly raised key factors in these stories. These related to things like family histories of resistance or stand-taking (often on different issues or adopting conflicting ideologies that were seen by the individual in question as somehow following a similar trajectory), gender identities, sexualities and intimacy, friendship and kinship networks, becoming educated, feeling powerful, feeling cool, consuming, having fun. While global-political injustices were important, these ideological factors were more contextual, and causes/groups joined or acted upon incorporated many of these previous ordinary, everyday personal practices. |
| Exploitation Route | There could be more exploratory and comparative research of this type expanded to other historical/international contexts to better understand the sense-making processes of those who get involved in such activities, and what the external factors are in which what are often law-abiding, high flying members of society take such actions and become the objects of such condemnation and fear. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Retail,Security and Diplomacy,Other |
| Description | Increasing effectiveness of public policy in counter terrorism, security, penology |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |