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Jihad & co. : black markets and Islamist power
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Jihad & co. : black markets and Islamist power / Aisha Ahmad.
ISBN
9780190656775
0190656778
Publication
New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xxv, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Summary
The rise of militant jihadist groups is one of the greatest international security crises in the world today. In civil wars across the modern Muslim world, Islamist groups have emerged out of the ashes, surged dramatically to power, and routed their rivals on the battlefield.
Variant and related titles
Jihad and company.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 13, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-284) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Mosques and Markets
Black Flags in the Bazaar : The Making of Modern Islamist Proto-States
Mafia and Mujahideen : Trafficking and Trust Building under Soviet Occupation
Traders and Taliban : Business Interests and Islamist Power in Afghanistan
Beards for Business : The Origins and Evolution of the Mogadishu Mafia
The Price of Protection : The Rise of the Islamic Courts Union
The Blowback Effect : International Intervention and the Collapse of the Proto-State
The Proto-State Goes Global : Business-Islamist Alliances across the Muslim World
Rising from the Ashes : The Dilemma of Modern Jihadist Proto-State Formation
Appendix : Methodology and Field Research.
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