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In the last decade, particularly with the rise of terrorism, the link between education and propensity to approve of political violence has received renewed attention. In the context of violent extremism in Pakistan, this investigation has manifested itself in the intense attent…

This study examines the construction of a new political order in post-revolutionary Iran through the prism of its revolutionary armed forces. It specifically explores the place of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in this process, and focuses on its role in establish…

She bomber, "lipstick martyrs," and "cheerleaders for the jihad" are names Western newspaper texts have proposed for the Palestinian female suicide bomber. Images of the "gentler sex" putting on a vest full of loaded ammunition and blowing herself up in an attempt to kill as man…

The number of people undertaking clandestine migratory journeys to Europe has increased dramatically over the past several years. Particularly following the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015, the borders of Europe have been thoroughly enhanced and militarized in order to contro…

This thesis explores the social, economic and religious background of the independent religious community which developed across Westmorland, the Yorkshire Dales and north Lancashire in the years before 1652. This was the year when George Fox was introduced to the community at a…