Jihad & Co: Black Markets and Islamist Power
Why are Islamists able to build state-like polities out of enduring civil war stalemate? By tracking the financial origins of jihadists in Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, Mali, and Iraq, Jihad & Co. shows that behind the heated rhetoric, there are hard economic reasons behind Islamist success
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jihad
/ Terrorism
/ Financing
/ Support
/ Black market
/ Economic elite
B Islam / Fundamentalism / Civil war / Jihad / Economy |
| Further subjects: | B
Informelle Wirtschaft
B Terrorism B Einflussgröße B Dschihadismus B Jihad B Civil war B Islamic countries B Kleingewerbe B Illegaler Handel B Interest B Militancy B Islam B Recognition (International law) B Radicalism B Underground economy B Black market B Terrorist |
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Print version: Ahmad, Aisha: Jihad & Co. : Black Markets and Islamist Power. - Oxford : Oxford University Press,c2017 |
| Summary: | Why are Islamists able to build state-like polities out of enduring civil war stalemate? By tracking the financial origins of jihadists in Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, Mali, and Iraq, Jihad & Co. shows that behind the heated rhetoric, there are hard economic reasons behind Islamist success Cover -- Half title -- Jihad & Co. -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mosques and Markets -- 2. Black Flags in the Bazaar: The Making ofModern Islamist Proto- States -- 3. Mafia and Mujahideen: Trafficking and TrustBuilding under Soviet Occupation -- 4. Traders and Taliban: Business Interestsand Islamist Power in Afghanistan -- 5. Beards for Business: The Origins and Evolutionof the Mogadishu Mafia -- 6. The Price of Protection: The Rise of the Islamic Courts Union -- 7. The Blowback Effect: International Interventionand the Collapse of the Proto- State -- 8. The Proto- State Goes Global: Business- Islamist Alliancesacross the Muslim World -- 9. Rising from the Ashes: The Dilemma of ModernJihadist Proto- State Formation -- Appendix: Methodology and Field Research -- Notes -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 0190656786 |