Why are there so many engineers among Islamic radicals?
Gambetta, D. & Hertog, S.
(2009).
Why are there so many engineers among Islamic radicals?
European Journal of Sociology,
50(2), 201-230.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975609990129
(2009).
Why are there so many engineers among Islamic radicals?
European Journal of Sociology,
50(2), 201-230.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975609990129
This article demonstrates that among violent Islamists engineers with a degree, individuals with an engineering education are three to four times more frequent than we would expect given the share of engineers among university students in Islamic countries.We then test a number of hypotheses to account for this phenomenon.We argue that a combination of two factors – engineers’ relative deprivation in the Islamic world and mindset – is the most plausible explanation.