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Conceptualising de-radicalisation and former combatant re-integration in Nigeria

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  • Gordon Clubb
  • Marina Tapley

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Nigeria has recently joined the many states which have established de-radicalisation programmes. The article engages with debates on how the success of de-radicalisation can be ascertained given the substantial flaws of using individual-oriented recidivism rates as a measure. Many studies on de-radicalisation emphasise the need to consider the programme’s context to facilitate success, yet ‘context’ has been under-conceptualised and approached statically. The paper provides greater agency to ‘the context’ in distinguishing between the type of milieus former combatants are re-integrated into and how these emergent social relations shape the scope of de-radicalisation programmes, beyond the traditional over-emphasis on programme participant outcomes as measures of success. The Nigerian de-radicalisation programme has a broader function insofar as it provides former combatants with ‘scripts’ of disengagement and function as a brand, signalling to communities that former combatants have repented and are ‘better citizens, imbued with genuine nationalism’ that resonate with local communities.

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  • Gordon Clubb & Marina Tapley, 2018. "Conceptualising de-radicalisation and former combatant re-integration in Nigeria," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(11), pages 2053-2068, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:39:y:2018:i:11:p:2053-2068
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2018.1458303
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