The building blocks of radicalization
What happens when political extremism goes mainstream
Explain It to Me · Vox
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Show Notes
How does someone get radicalized? What do political scientists see as the building blocks of political violence? Is there anything we can do to stop radicalization? One year after the insurrection on January 6, 2021, Vox policy reporter Jerusalem Demsas talks with Peter Neumann, a professor of security studies at King’s College in London, to answer these questions.
References:
Vox’s Zack Beauchamp on where the crisis in American democracy might be headed
Peter Neumann’s paper: The trouble with radicalization
A Q&A with a French philosopher about the fear of replacement within white nationalism
Colin Clarke writes for Politico on what happened after January 6
Northwestern University research about the perceived threat of a racial demographic shift in the US
Hosts:
Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer
Libby Nelson, editorial adviser
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts
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