{"product_id":"engineers-of-jihad-the-curious-connection-between-violent-extremism-and-education-9780691178509","title":"Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection Between Violent Extremism and Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking investigation into why so many Islamic radicals are engineers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In \u003ci\u003eEngineers of Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are prominent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSearching for an explanation, they tackle four general questions about extremism: Under which socioeconomic conditions do people join extremist groups? Does the profile of extremists reflect how they self-select into extremism or how groups recruit them? Does ideology matter in sorting who joins which group? Lastly, is there a mindset susceptible to certain types of extremism? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing rigorous methods and several new datasets, they explain the link between educational discipline and type of radicalism by looking at two key factors: the social mobility (or lack thereof) for engineers in the Muslim world, and a particular mindset seeking order and hierarchy that is found more frequently among engineers. Engineers' presence in some extremist groups and not others, the authors argue, is a proxy for individual traits that may account for the much larger question of selective recruitment to radical activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpening up markedly new perspectives on the motivations of political violence, \u003ci\u003eEngineers of Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e yields unexpected answers about the nature and emergence of extremism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiego Gambetta\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of social theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and official fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Sicilian Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCodes of the Underworld \u003c\/i\u003e(Princeton). \u003cb\u003eSteffen Hertog\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of comparative politics at the London School of Economics. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrinces, Brokers, and Bureaucrats\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412818366738,"sku":"9780691178509","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_516d9d4e-1a54-4f3c-b097-96fe5d3cfe0b.jpg?v=1729330510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/engineers-of-jihad-the-curious-connection-between-violent-extremism-and-education-9780691178509","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}