Essays on the Drivers of Political and Ideological Extremism

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dc.contributor.advisorCioffi-Revilla, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorAlizadeh, Meysam
dc.creatorAlizadeh, Meysam
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-29T01:15:45Z
dc.date.available2017-01-29T01:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe problem of interest in this dissertation is the phenomenon of drifting toward opinion extremes. The process is called Radicalization and has received a great deal of attention in social psychology and sociology from its inception. Although it is extremism of behavior that is of greatest interest, it is important to study opinion extremism since it has been shown to be a plausible preceding step of violent extremism. One of the longstanding quests in counter-radicalization studies is to know what drives extremists to adopt extreme ideologies. However, it is unlikely that extremists will volunteer for experimental studies.
dc.format.extent215 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10580
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 Meysam Alizadeh
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectExtremism
dc.subjectIngroup Favoritism
dc.subjectIntergroup Conflict
dc.subjectOpinion Dynamics
dc.subjectPolarization
dc.titleEssays on the Drivers of Political and Ideological Extremism
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineComputational Social Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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