Politico-ideological Mobilisation and Violence in the Arab World

This book presents a study of politico-ideological mobilisation and violence by focusing on the life stories, trajectories and narratives of individuals who mobilised for causes and conflicts in the Arab World.

Ahmed Ajil completed his PhD (Criminology) at the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Université Laval, Canada. His doctoral research was empirically based on research conducted in Switzerland, Lebanon and Canada with individuals involved in politico-ideological violence, activists, political and religious authorities, researchers and policymakers. Outside of academia, Dr Ajil is a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Prison and Probation.

Introduction PART I: Towards a grievance-based analysis Chapter 1: Engaging with PIV and PIM in relation to the Arab World Chapter 2: Bringing grievances back in Chapter 3: Research protocol Part II: Mapping grievances Chapter 4: Three ideal-types of grievances Chapter 5: Socio-economic grievances Chapter 6: Ethno-racial grievances Chapter 7: Political grievances Chapter 8: Grievances, a relevant object of inquiry? Part III: Performing grievances Chapter 9: Identification : Naming the injustice Chapter 10 : Appropriation - Owning the injustice Chapter 11: Responsibilisation of self and others - addressing the injustice PART IV: Mobilisation, violence and disengagement Chapter 12: The taste of radicality: Thrill-seeking and adventurism Chapter 13 : The logics of violence: 'Bring back the chaos' Chapter 14 : The importance of context: Places, people and biographic availability Chapter 15: Disengaging: 'You have to give him love' PART V: Discussion and outlook Chapter 16: Towards a theory of grievance-based mobilisation Chapter 17 : Implications for research and policymaking Conclusion