New book on young people and radicalisation

Hilary Pilkington has edited a new book on young people and radicalisation, Resisting Radicalisation: Understanding Young People's Journeys through Radicalising Milieus. The book is available in print, or you can read the full version for free online or as a download.

Offering a critical perspective on the concept of radicalisation, the book views it from the perspective of social actors who engage in radicalising milieus but for the most part have not crossed the threshold into violent extremism. 

It brings together contributions conducted as part of a cross-European (including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Russia, Turkey, the UK, and beyond) study of young people's engagement in ‘extreme right’ and ‘Islamist’ milieus.

It argues that radicalisation is best understood as a relational concept reflecting a social process rooted in relational inequalities but also shaped by interactional and situational dynamics, which not only facilitate but also constrain radicalisation.

The book draws on insights from Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality (DARE) an EU Horizon 2020 project, led by Hilary Pilkington.