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Political radicalization as a book category covers works that examine how individuals or groups move toward extreme political beliefs, identities, and actions—often outside mainstream norms—and the social, psychological, technological, historical, and ideological forces that drive that process. It includes academic analyses and field research on recruitment, group dynamics, propaganda, online ecosystems and algorithms, and pathways to violence, as well as investigative journalism, biographies and memoirs of radicals, comparative histories of movements across the political spectrum, and fictional treatments that explore the phenomenon. Titles in this category may focus on causes (economic grievance, identity politics, conspiracy thinking), mechanisms (networks, charismatic leaders, social media), consequences (political violence, polarization), and responses (prevention, counter-radicalization, deradicalization, and policy). The emphasis is usually explanatory and contextual rather than promotional, making the genre relevant to scholars, policymakers, journalists, practitioners, and general readers seeking to understand and respond to extremism.

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