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A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world
Although political violence has been perpetrated on behalf of a wide range of political ideologies, it is unclear whether there are systematic differences between ideologies in the use of violence to pursue a political cause. Prior research on this topic is scarce and mostly restricted to self-repor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335287/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35858413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122593119 |
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author | Jasko, Katarzyna LaFree, Gary Piazza, James Becker, Michael H. |
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description | Although political violence has been perpetrated on behalf of a wide range of political ideologies, it is unclear whether there are systematic differences between ideologies in the use of violence to pursue a political cause. Prior research on this topic is scarce and mostly restricted to self-reported measures or less extreme forms of political aggression. Moreover, it has generally focused on respondents in Western countries and has been limited to either comparisons of the supporters of left-wing and right-wing causes or examinations of only Islamist extremism. In this research we address these gaps by comparing the use of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and worldwide using two unique datasets that cover real-world examples of politically motivated, violent behaviors. Across both datasets, we find that radical acts perpetrated by individuals associated with left-wing causes are less likely to be violent. In the United States, we find no difference between the level of violence perpetrated by right-wing and Islamist extremists. However, differences in violence emerge on the global level, with Islamist extremists being more likely than right-wing extremists to engage in more violent acts. |
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spelling | pubmed-93352872023-01-18 A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world Jasko, Katarzyna LaFree, Gary Piazza, James Becker, Michael H. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences Although political violence has been perpetrated on behalf of a wide range of political ideologies, it is unclear whether there are systematic differences between ideologies in the use of violence to pursue a political cause. Prior research on this topic is scarce and mostly restricted to self-reported measures or less extreme forms of political aggression. Moreover, it has generally focused on respondents in Western countries and has been limited to either comparisons of the supporters of left-wing and right-wing causes or examinations of only Islamist extremism. In this research we address these gaps by comparing the use of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and worldwide using two unique datasets that cover real-world examples of politically motivated, violent behaviors. Across both datasets, we find that radical acts perpetrated by individuals associated with left-wing causes are less likely to be violent. In the United States, we find no difference between the level of violence perpetrated by right-wing and Islamist extremists. However, differences in violence emerge on the global level, with Islamist extremists being more likely than right-wing extremists to engage in more violent acts. National Academy of Sciences 2022-07-18 2022-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9335287/ /pubmed/35858413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122593119 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Social Sciences Jasko, Katarzyna LaFree, Gary Piazza, James Becker, Michael H. A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world |
title | A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world |
title_full | A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world |
title_fullStr | A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world |
title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world |
title_short | A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world |
title_sort | comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and islamist extremists in the united states and the world |
topic | Social Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335287/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35858413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122593119 |
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