Everyday Extremism
refers to the manifestation of extremist behaviours, attitudes, or ideologies in the routine activities of individuals or within societal structures on a day-to-day basis. Everyday extremism involves the normalisation of extremist elements into ordinary aspects of life, potentially impacting social cohesion and interactions. Everyday actions and behaviours cross the line and become extreme and risk de-humanisation when they communicate hostility to another person, group or party.
Everyday Extremism Scale
The everyday extremism scale was developed using grounded ecological methods. The scale consists of 12 weighted statements. It asks people to rate the acceptability of actions and behaviours on a scale of 1 – 4.
Attunement
Attunement refers to a dynamic relational interaction between oppositional entities, whether individuals, groups, parties or nations. Attunement mitigates extremism, it involves the democratic capacity to take up a number of positions, to sustain dialogue, in terms of new positions, accords, discords and the development of emerging shared political narratives.
Regulatory- rights Pathways
Regulatory rights pathways refer to structured processes through which individuals, organizations, or communities access, exercise, and enhance their rights within a regulatory framework. These pathways emphasize participation, accountability, and responsiveness in governance by ensuring that regulatory systems are inclusive and adapt to local contexts.
Rights-Contexts
Rights-contexts refer to the specific circumstances, situations, or environments in which legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement, commonly known as rights, are claimed. Understanding rights-contexts involves examining how rights are exercised and protected in various scenarios.
Regulatory Response
Regulatory response pertains to the measures, policies, or actions implemented by regulatory bodies or authorities in response to specific sets of rights claims or issues. Regulatory response in the context of this toolkit is specifically focused on addressing extremism and its potential societal impacts through legal and policy frameworks.
Contextual Capacity
Contextual capacity refers to the amount of potential a given context has to be transformed by policy. It involves understanding the contextual factors that impact the effectiveness of regulatory measures and their ability to attune everyday extremism.
Rights-claim Public
A Rights-claim public (RCP) is a group that is formed around a specific set of rights claims. These groups may have long-standing claims or may have developed around a specific policy issue.
