Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2020.1772094
Drivers of radicalisation of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nermin Oruc
Nikolina Obradovic
Abstract
The emerging literature on migration and security is predominantly
focused on the threats that migration movements may have
to the security in destination countries. This article shifts the focus
to a migrant’s sending country and explores different socio-economic
factors that could be associated with the process of radicalisation
and the development of violent extremism among youth
there. We use survey data collected from a sample of 4,500 young
people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B.i.H.) by USAID MEASUREB.
i.H. An index of radicalisation is constructed and used as a
dependent variable. It is based on Bhui et al. and measures sympathies
for violent protest and terrorism. It is regressed on a set
of demographic characteristics, migration experience and social
behaviour. The model was estimated by ordinary least squares
(O.L.S.) with the index as a continuous dependent variable. The
findings suggest that a range of factors including demographic
characteristics, location, employment status, income, practicing of
religion, and civic and political activism are associated with a
degree of sympathy for violent extremism among youth in B.i.H.
These results should provide useful insights into the relationship
between the drivers and extremism, which then should help institutions
to design more effective preventative and countering
measures.
Keywords
radicalisation; extremism; youth; Bosnia and Herzegovina (B.i.H.)
Hrčak ID:
254616
URI
Publication date:
9.2.2021.
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