“Being a Risk” or “Being at Risk”: Factors Shaping Negotiation of Concerns of Radicalization within Multiagency Collaboration in the Nordic Countries

Tina Wilchen Christensen*, Lasse Lindekilde, Jennie Sivenbring, Tore Bjørgo, Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik, Randi Solhjell, Håvard Haugstvedt, Robin Andersson Malmros, Mari Kangasnniemi, Hanna Kallio

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Multiagency collaboration between state and municipal actors such as schools, social services and the police is at the core of the Nordic countries’ approach to preventing radicalization and violent extremism. Yet, assessment of reported concerns of radicalization differs across countries. This qualitative study analyze how professionals negotiate assessments to identify factors that shape whether a concern of radicalization develops into a perception of risk. We argue that differences in structural factors and “institutional logics” in addition to trustful relations between practitioners at the local level affect collaboration and shape the perception of the task when the assessments of concrete concerns are negotiated.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDemocracy and Security
Volume20
Issue1
Pages (from-to)1-24
Number of pages24
ISSN1741-9166
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • institutional logics
  • multiagency collaborations
  • Risk assessment
  • violent extremism

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