Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel - Local Politics and Rebel Groups

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Thurston is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati. He was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations between 2013–14, and has also held fellowships with the Wilson Center and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching and Politics (2016) and Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement (2018) which was named by Foreign Affairs as one of the 'Best of Books 2018' and was a finalist for the African Studies Association's Book Prize in 2019. Klappentext Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel. Zusammenfassung Looking at jihadist movements from the inside, examining their internal disagreements and how they relate to the communities around them, this study draws on case studies from North Africa and the Sahel to shed new light on the phenomenon of mass-based jihadist movements and proto-states. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Algeria: the GIA from incorporation to tyranny; 2. The GSPC/AQIM: schism, coup, and a broken triangle in the Sahara; 3. Northern Mali: dialectics of local support; 4. Central Mali: the possibilities and the limits of incorporation; 5. The Mali-Niger-Burkina Faso borderlands: incorporation and accommodation at the Peripheries; 6. Libya: fratricide in Derna; 7. Mauritania: post-jihadism?; Conclusion. Northwest Africa and the war on terror.

Product details

• Authors: Thurston Alexander Thurston, Alexander Thurston, Alexander (University of Cincinnati) Thurston, Thurston Alexander
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108488662
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48866-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups & movements, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Political subversion, North Africa, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Demonstrations & protest movements, Revolutionary groups and movements, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Sub-Saharan Africa, The Sahel