Bullets to Ballots : : Collective De-Radicalisation of Armed Movements / / Omar Ashour.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Ashour, Omar,
• MitwirkendeR: Almustafa, Hamzah,; Ashour, Omar,; Clubb, Gordon,; Hutcheon, Nick,; Johnson, Thomas H.,; Kasrils, Ronnie,; Marchesi, Aldo,; Martín Álvarez, Alberto,; Rushdi, Osama,; Saeed, Haider,; Simpson, Thula,; Taddele Maru, Mehari,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 8 B/W illustrations

Investigates how and why armed organisations transform into unarmed activist movements Analyses 20 case studies of transformation from 16 countries: Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Libya, Syria, Spain, the UK, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, El Salvador and NicaraguaOffers a rare cross-regional, qualitative–comparative approach utilising personal interviews with the representatives of organisations inspired by religious-based, leftist, ethno-nationalist and nationalist ideologiesIncludes first-hand de-radicalisation leader testimoniesContributes to our understanding of democratic transition, ending civil wars, peacebuilding, countering violent extremism, counterinsurgency and counterterrorismDe-radicalisation is a global phenomenon where armed organisations transform into political parties or non-violent social movements. Bullets to Ballots explores the different trajectories that this process can take – whether it occurs after a military victory, a military defeat, or a draw in an armed conflict between insurgent groups and incumbent authorities. A result of a unique collaboration between leading scholars, high-level governmental practitioners and non-state organisational leaders, this volume offers a rich comparative analysis of de-radicalisation processes from around the world. It answers the questions of when, why and how collective de-radicalisation happens, and it deepens our understanding of this as a means of preventing violent extremism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- 1 REVISITING COLLECTIVE DE-RADICALISATION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 2 LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA: A FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY -- 3 THE COLLECTIVE DE-RADICALISATION OF THE ISLAMIC GROUP IN EGYPT: A FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY -- 4 FROM ARMS TO TALKS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THREE SYRIAN ARMED ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS -- 5 THE MAHDI ARMY AND THE SADRIST MOVEMENT IN IRAQ: THE STRUGGLE FOR TRANSFORMATION -- 6 A DRAW OR A DEFEAT? HOW THE IRA TRANSITIONED FROM BULLETS TO BALLOTS -- 7 TRANSFORMATIONS AND DEFEATS: ETA AND THE END OF THE ARMED CAMPAIGN -- 8 THE AFGHAN TALIBAN AND THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS: ARE THE TALIBAN ‘DE-RADICALISING’? -- 9 TRANSFORMATIONS AFTER ‘DEFEATS’: THE CASES OF THE TUPAMAROS AND THE ARMED LEFT IN LATIN AMERICA -- 10 LEAVING THE WEAPONS WITHOUT LOSING THE WAR: UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FMLN -- 11 NEGOTIATED REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: 1990–1994 -- 12 TRANSFORMATIONS IN ETHIOPIA: FROM ARMED STRUGGLE TO THE POLITICS OF COALITION -- 13 TRANSFORMATIONS OF ARMED NONSTATE ACTORS: ENDURING CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX