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Part I - The Link between Exclusion and Extremism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

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Michaela Pfundmair ,
Andrew H. Hales  and
Kipling D. Williams
Michaela Pfundmair
Affiliation:
Federal University of Administrative Sciences, Germany
Andrew H. Hales
Affiliation:
University of Mississippi
Kipling D. Williams
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
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Exclusion and Extremism
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