Protection Approaches wants to change the way the world thinks about identity-based violence and how we respond to and prevent it.
identity
Although participation in violent extremism is often thought of as ideologically driven, it is better understood as driven by a need for identity and belonging.
The city of Tuzla was able to resist exclusionary nationalist forces during the Bosnian War due to its identity formation from 1878 to 1990 as a “multi-ethnic working class society with strong anti-fascist, anti-nationalist ideals.”
The focus of civil resistance movements on ousting rightwing populist leaders is counterproductive because it plays into narratives of “us vs. them” and hampers efforts to gain broad-based support by polarizing supporters and detractors of rightwing populism.