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Decline and Disengagement UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Teruggang en uittreding: processen van deradicalisering ontleed Demant, F.; Slootman, M.; Buijs, F.; Tillie, J.N. Publication date 2008 Document Version Final published version Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Demant, F., Slootman, M., Buijs, F., & Tillie, J. N. (2008). Teruggang en uittreding: processen van deradicalisering ontleed. IMES. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. 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You can order titles in the IMES Reports Series via the IMES secretariat (imes@uva.nl) or download them from the IMES Website (www.imes.uva.nl) Other titles in the IMES Report Series • Een gekleurd advies? Een onderzoek naar de participatie van etnische minderheden in landelijke adviescolleges en gemeentelijke overlegstructuren, (2001), Rick Wolff and Maria Berger • Tussen toko en topzaak. Allochtoon ondernemerschap in de detailhandel en de betekenis van her- komstachtergronden, (2001), August Choenni • Kleurrijk talent. Allochtonen werkzaam in wetenschappelijk onderwijs en onderzoek, (2002), Maurice Crul, Karen Kraal, Adem Kumcu and Rinus Penninx • Amsterdamse Polyfonie. Opkomst en stemgedrag van allochtone Amsterdammers bij de gemeente- raads- en deelraadsverkiezingen van 6 maart 2002, (2003), Laure Michon and Jean Tillie • Dossier Y-markt. Relaas van een mislukt Amsterdams prestigeproject, (2003), Cathelijne Pool • Evaluatie landelijk ondersteuningsprogramma mentoring, (2004), Maurice Crul and Karen Kraal • Politiek, migranten en informele economie. Politieke en bestuurlijke ontwikkelingen ten aanzien van de Amsterdamse confectieateliers, 1980-1997, (2004), Marja Dreef • Processen van Radicalisering. Waarom sommige Amsterdamse moslims radicaal worden, (2006), Marieke Slootman and Jean Tillie • Opkomst en partijvoorkeur van migranten bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 7 maart 2006, (2006), Anja van Heelsum and Jean Tillie Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................6 SUMMARY.............................................................................................................................................7 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................12 1.1 RADICALISATION AND DERADICALISATION ..................................................................................12 1.2 A STUDY INTO DERADICALISATION...............................................................................................14 1.3 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT..........................................................................................................15 2. COLLECTIVE DERADICALISATION: THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK..................17 2.1 THE RADICAL GROUP AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT.............................................................................17 2.1.a Barriers against disengagement ..........................................................................................18 2.2 SUPPLY: FACTORS LINKED TO THE MOVEMENT .............................................................................20 2.2.a Formulating an ideology......................................................................................................20 2.2.b Organisational capacity.......................................................................................................21 2.2.c Leadership............................................................................................................................21 2.2.d Summary: Factors linked to the movement that may influence decline ..............................22 2.3 DEMAND: NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS...............................................................................................22 2.4 CONTEXT: EXTERNAL FACTORS....................................................................................................23 2.4.a Conflicts within society ........................................................................................................23 2.4.b Government policy...............................................................................................................24 2.4.c Public support ......................................................................................................................25 2.4.d Competing movements .........................................................................................................26 2.4.e Summary: Context factors that may influence decline .........................................................26 2.5 BARRIERS TO DISENGAGEMENT ....................................................................................................26 2.5.a Sects .....................................................................................................................................26 2.5.b Gangs...................................................................................................................................28 2.6 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................29 3. DECLINE OF RADICAL MOVEMENTS: CASES IN THE NETHERLANDS .......................32 3.1 RADICAL MOLUCCANS IN THE 1970S............................................................................................32 3.1.a The RMS: backgrounds and political mobilisation..............................................................32 3.1.b Radicalisation due to the rise of the second generation.......................................................35 3.1.c Moderation of the RMS struggle ..........................................................................................40 3.1.d Radical Moluccans and the collective framework ...............................................................42 3.2 THE SQUATTERS’ MOVEMENT IN AMSTERDAM .............................................................................44 3.2.a The rise of the squatters’ movement.....................................................................................44 3.2.b Hardening of the conflict .....................................................................................................46 3.2.c Decline of the squatters’ movement .....................................................................................48 3.2.d Fragmentation, spreading out, running out of steam...........................................................51 3.2.e The RARA.............................................................................................................................52 3.2.f The squatters’ movement and the collective framework .......................................................54 3.3 THE EXTREME RIGHT AND THE EXTREME RIGHT-WING CENTRE PARTIES ......................................56 3.3.a The extreme right movement................................................................................................56 3.3.b The case of the extreme right-wing Centre parties ..............................................................59 3.3.c The extreme right-wing Centre parties and the collective framework .................................64 3.4 THE THREE CASES IN THE NETHERLANDS: A SUMMARY ...............................................................67 4. DECLINE OF RELIGIOUS FORMS OF RADICALISM...........................................................72
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