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Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements


Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements

Abstract: 
“Walking Away From Terrorism” is the name of the two-year project (and identically-named book) conducted by Dr. John Horgan while he was a faculty member at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. The project examines how and why individuals leave terrorist movements, and considers the lessons and implications that emerge from this process

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Full Citation: 

Horgan, John. 2009. Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements. UK:Routledge.

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