BharatNotes Deradicalisation
nounUsage in a UPSC answer
India's Surrendered Militants Rehabilitation Scheme in the Northeast represents a deradicalisation approach combining financial incentives with vocational training and community reintegration — recognising that sustainable peace requires addressing root causes, not just military suppression.
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Word Family
deradicalisation (n), deradicalise (v), deradicalised (adj), radicalisation (antonym/starting point n)
Root
Latin de- = reversal + Latin radicalis = of the root (radix = root) + -isation = process suffix
Etymology
Formalised as counter-terrorism policy after the 9/11 attacks; Malaysia's Deradicalisation Programme and Singapore's Religious Rehabilitation Group are regional models; India's Naxal surrender-and-rehabilitation policies and J&K deradicalisation efforts represent domestic applications; the term distinguishes between coercive exit from violence and genuine ideological transformation
Memory Hook
DE + RADICAL + -ISATION: DE = reversal; RADICAL = root; DERADICALISATION = pulling out the ROOT of extremism from someone's core beliefs
How This Word Works in UPSC Writing
The process of reversing an individual's commitment to extremist ideology, as distinct from merely stopping their participation in violence. That distinction carries the GS3 answer: disengagement changes behaviour, deradicalisation changes belief, and a programme can achieve the first while failing at the second. Effective approaches are typically multi-agency, involving community, family, religious authority and mental-health support rather than policing alone.
Don’t Confuse It With
Deradicalisation changes belief. Disengagement stops participation while belief may persist. Counter-radicalisation is preventive, aimed at those not yet radicalised. Rehabilitation is the broader reintegration process of which deradicalisation may form part.
Hindi Meaning
कट्टरता उन्मूलन (kattartā unmūlan); the process is often rendered descriptively as उग्रवाद से मुक्ति.
Common Questions
- What is deradicalisation?
- The process of persuading a person to abandon extremist beliefs, rather than simply stopping them from acting on those beliefs.
- How is deradicalisation different from disengagement?
- Disengagement means ceasing to participate in violent activity. Deradicalisation means the underlying ideological commitment itself is given up.
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