This book combines well-known theoretical elements of various disciplines to form a broad picture of the role of ideologies in conflicts, in particular "the supply and demand side" of the ideological market: namely, why individuals choose particular ideologies and how radical groups, and organizations use them to address individuals' specific needs for the purpose of recruitment. This allows better understanding of the socio-psychological dynamics of social conflicts--why adopting particular ideologies is reasonable given certain socio-economic conditions; why individuals stick to destructive ideologies; and why they embrace major personal risks to join radical groups and advance the goals of these groups.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1. Introduction and Motivation
- 2. From Individual Psychological Needs to Social and Political Conflicts: The General Framework
- Part I: Fundamental Human Needs, Threats, and Need Deprivation
- 3. Fundamental (Psychological) Human Needs
- 4. Relational Needs and Need Deprivation
- 5. Agency Needs and Need Deprivation
- Part II: Ideologies and Need Reconciliation
- 6. Belief Systems and Ideologies as Psychological Need Reconciliation
- 7. Right, Left, and Religious Ideologies - their Need-Serving Capacities and Potential for Conflicts
- Part III: Extremist Organizations, Ideologies, and Real Conflict
- 8. Extremist Organizations - their Network and Structure
- 9. Extremist Organizations - their Recruitment and Mobilization Strategies
- 10. Real-Life Cases and the Link between Needs, Ideology and Conflict
