The role of pre-existing social ties in the jihadi-salafist radicalization: the case of Spain

Marina Tovar i Velasco

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Vol. 4 No. 8 (2022): Julio - Diciembre

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The role of pre-existing social ties in the jihadi-salafist radicalization

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/26655489.5884

Marina Tovar i Velasco Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

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Este trabajo analiza cómo influyen los vínculos sociales preexistentes en la radicalización yihadista salafista proporcionando un enfoque práctico al estudiar datos de esta materia aplicados a España. La metodología empírico-descriptiva consistirá, primeramente, en recopilar información de la literatura sobre radicalización yihadista y formación de redes. Secundariamente, utilizar la Base de Datos Elcano sobre Yihadistas en España (BDEYE) de El Instituto del Cano de 2001 a 2018 para observar cómo evolucionan, en los dos periodos, estos y las modalidades de radicalización. Nuestras dos preguntas de investigación: i) ¿Son los vínculos sociales preexistentes significativos en la radicalización yihadista-salafista en España? Y ii) ¿A medida que internet y las redes sociales se vuelven prominentes en el segundo período de estudio, seguirá siendo relevante el papel de los vínculos sociales preexistentes? Guiarán nuestra investigación.

En nuestro caso de estudio observaremos los datos y contrastaremos nuestra hipótesis: los vínculos sociales preexistentes son fundamentales en la adopción de creencias radicales yihadistas en España en los dos periodos. En España, cuando existían lazos sociales preexistentes, la amistad y el parentesco permitían que los individuos se involucraran en procesos de radicalización. El bajo costo de mantenimiento de las redes sociales y la facilidad de difundir propaganda yihadista ha permitido que estas plataformas aumenten su importancia, lo que cambia las tendencias en los dos períodos estudiados. Sin embargo, el cambio de patrón no resta importancia a los lazos sociales preexistentes, ya que la modalidad mixta y la offline en el segundo período reunió al 71,9% de los individuos, demostrando que los vínculos sociales preexistentes son una variable crucial.

keywords: España, plataformas de redes sociales, radicalización, redes sociales, vínculos sociales

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Tovar i Velasco, M. (2022). The role of pre-existing social ties in the jihadi-salafist radicalization: the case of Spain . Análisis Jurídico Político, 4(8), 225-250. https://doi.org/10.22490/26655489.5884

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