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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2017
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| En: | Año: 2017 |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
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| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
Print version: Ahmad, Aisha: Jihad & Co. : Black Markets and Islamist Power. - Oxford : Oxford University Press,c2017 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 Online-Ressource (337 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-065678-2 |
