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| 100 | 1 | _aRICHARDS Alan | |
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_aSocio-economic roots of radicalism?: _btowards explaining the appeal of Islamic radicals |
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_aCarlisle, PA, USA: _bStrategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, _c2003 |
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| 520 | 3 | _aArgues that radicalism is a political response to the deepening economic, social, political, and cultural crisis in much of the Muslim world and especially the greater Middle East. These problems are identified as rapid population growth, educational changes, failures of government policy, and rapid urbanization which have caused unemployment and increasing poverty. Consequently large sectors of Muslim youth have become alienated and are likely to be sympathetic to extremist solutions. This report includes recommendations for the US government. | |
| 650 | _aISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM | ||
| 650 | _aSOCIO ECONOMIC PROBLEMS | ||
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_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY _xMIDDLE EAST |
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_i0015884 _rY _sY |
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