The Cursed Promised Land? Demographic Risk Factors for Homegrown Extremism in the Squatter Enclaves of Mount Elgon Region of Western Kenya

IF 1.1 4区社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI:10.1177/00219096231197777

Graham Oluteyo Amakanji, Pontian Godfrey Okoth, Edmond Were Maloba

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Globally, conflicts are phenomenal and are caused by multivariate risk factors; however, purely land-use-based conflicts are gradually growing and becoming conspicuous. Authoritative studies project that violent conflicts over land and resource distribution are set to be on the upsurge with the African Continent set to bear the greatest brunt. These are set to take homegrown extremist trajectories thereby redefining global, regional, and national counter-violent extremist architecture. This paper sought to investigate demographic risk factors for homegrown extremism in the squatter enclaves of Mount Elgon region. Using a convergent parallel mixed method research design, primary data were collected from 400 households. Study findings on demographic risk factors for homegrown extremism are an antithesis of conventional Euro-American train of thoughts. The results established that that gender (being both male and female), age (being older) and being married posed a high risk factor to homegrown extremism. The paper recommends the need to expedite multi-stakeholder human development needs based approaches in pursuit to reverse the risk of homegrown extremism in the squatter enclaves of Mount Elgon region, Kenya.

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被诅咒的应许之地?肯尼亚西部埃尔贡山地区棚户区本土极端主义的人口风险因素

在全球范围内，冲突是现象性的，是由多元风险因素引起的;然而，纯粹以土地使用为基础的冲突正在逐渐增加并变得明显。权威研究预测，围绕土地和资源分配的暴力冲突将会愈演愈烈，非洲大陆将首当其冲。它们将走上本土极端主义的道路，从而重新定义全球、地区和国家的反暴力极端主义架构。本文旨在调查埃尔冈山地区棚户区本土极端主义的人口危险因素。采用收敛平行混合法研究设计，收集了400户家庭的原始数据。关于本土极端主义的人口风险因素的研究结果与传统的欧美思路截然相反。结果表明，性别(男性和女性)、年龄(年龄较大)和已婚是本土极端主义的高风险因素。该报告建议，有必要加快采用基于人类发展需求的多方利益攸关方方法，以扭转肯尼亚埃尔贡山(Mount Elgon)地区棚户区本土极端主义的风险。

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