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Author:

Ahmad, Aisha, author.

Title:

Jihad & co. : black markets and Islamist power / Aisha Ahmad.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxv, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Jihad--Economic aspects.
Civil war--Economic aspects--Islamic countries.
Political violence--Economic aspects--Islamic countries.
Black market--Islamic countries.
Informal sector (Economics)--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Economic conditions--21st century.
Islamic fundamentalism--Economic aspects--Islamic countries.

Notes:

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.

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.

ISBN:

0190656778
9780190656775

OCLC:

(OCoLC)981907866

LCCN:

2017014190

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)