TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herzog zu Mecklenburg, Michael
AU  - Anthony, Ian
ED  - SIPRI
TI  - Preventing violent extremism in Germany: coherence and cooperation in a decentralized system 
T2  - Working paper
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Solna
PB  - SIPRI
KW  - conflict prevention
KW  - internal conflicts
KW  - cooperation
KW  - government
KW  - terrorism
KW  - criminality
KW  - FRG
N1  - SIP2023; Public data suggests that there are reasons to be concerned about violent extremism in Germany. Membership in political groups that hold extremist views is growing, and crime statistics suggest an increase in extremist violence. The number of recorded terrorist incidents on German territory has been high by European standards. Changes in German politics and society may provide fertile ground for political extremism in future.

To prevent violent extremism Germany has invested heavily in an expanding number of projects and initiatives at federal, state and municipal level, but the constitutional structure makes promoting coherence and coordination challenging. Moreover, non-governmental and civil society actors now play a prominent role in initiatives.

Increasing the number and scale of initiatives was partly to pilot different approaches and see which were effective. However, assessing the multitude of projects and initiatives to decide which should be promoted or discontinued is itself a challenge; August 2020
UR  - https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/working-paper/preventing-violent-extremism-germany-coherence-and-cooperation-decentralized-system
ER  -