The macro-level analysis in Jordan led in the frame of the CONNEKT project urged researchers to identify relational frameworks between drivers, interventions, and shifting institutional patterns arising in response to violent extremism. Specifically, the research argued that economic deprivation is the most prominent driver impacting the dynamics of violent extremism (VE) in Jordan. These macro-level findings explain the rationale behind selecting the cases under study: unemployed and vulnerable youth in Karak, refugees in Northern Jordan, and female preachers in Ma’an. The chapter sheds light on emerging shifts in the local community for understanding preventive interventions. The case study of Karak explains why this specific community, with its prominent tribal context, has not been affected more significantly by radicalization and violent extremism despite the evident presence of key macro drivers such as economic deprivation and territorial inequalities. The fieldwork in refugee camps shows how the family plays a primary role in shaping informal education amongst the young pointing to interesting gendered dynamics. Finally, the focus on female preachers goes against the state’s presumption of religion as the main driver of VE in relation to preachers, and highlights how structural and even regional dynamics could—but have not—affected the radicalization of female preachers.

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Community-Level Drivers of Violent Extremism in Jordan

  • Neven Bondokji,
  • Barik Mhadeen,
  • Aisha Bint Faisal,
  • Jadranka Štikovac Clark

摘要

The macro-level analysis in Jordan led in the frame of the CONNEKT project urged researchers to identify relational frameworks between drivers, interventions, and shifting institutional patterns arising in response to violent extremism. Specifically, the research argued that economic deprivation is the most prominent driver impacting the dynamics of violent extremism (VE) in Jordan. These macro-level findings explain the rationale behind selecting the cases under study: unemployed and vulnerable youth in Karak, refugees in Northern Jordan, and female preachers in Ma’an. The chapter sheds light on emerging shifts in the local community for understanding preventive interventions. The case study of Karak explains why this specific community, with its prominent tribal context, has not been affected more significantly by radicalization and violent extremism despite the evident presence of key macro drivers such as economic deprivation and territorial inequalities. The fieldwork in refugee camps shows how the family plays a primary role in shaping informal education amongst the young pointing to interesting gendered dynamics. Finally, the focus on female preachers goes against the state’s presumption of religion as the main driver of VE in relation to preachers, and highlights how structural and even regional dynamics could—but have not—affected the radicalization of female preachers.