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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmad, Aisha (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
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Keywords:
Bürgerkrieg
De-facto-Regierung
Djihad
Djihad > Terrorismus > Finanzierung > Unterstützung > Schwarzmarkt > Wirtschaftliche Elite
Dschihadismus
Einflussgröße
Illegaler Handel
Informelle Wirtschaft
Interesse
Islam
Islam > Fundamentalismus > Bürgerkrieg > Djihad > Wirtschaft
Islamische Staaten
Kleingewerbe
Militanz
Radikalismus
Schattenwirtschaft
Schwarzmarkt
Terrorismus
Terrorist
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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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (337 pages)
ISBN:9780190656782