Black Markets and Militants

ISBN-13: 9781009257725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Montreal) Medani Khalid Mustafa (McGill University

Opis

An explanation of why youth join militant organizations and how informal networks influence the character and objectives of social movements.

Spis treści

Part I. The Framework: Introduction; Black markets and militants: informal networks in the Middle East and Africa; Part II. The Institutional Context in an Era of Abundance: 1. The house the boom built: the informal economy and Islamist politics in Egypt; 2. Investing in Islamism: labor remittances, Islamic banking and the rise of political Islam in Sudan; 3. Islamist versus clan networks: labor remittances, Hawwala banking and the predatory state in Somalia; Part III. Globalization and Institutional Change in an Era of Scarcity: 4. Economic crisis, informal institutions, and the transformation of Islamist politics in Egypt; 5. From remittance economy to rentier state: the rise and fall of an Islamist authoritarian regime in Sudan; 6. State collapse, informal networks and the dilemma of state building in Somalia; 7. The political economy of radicalization: informal networks and the rise of an urban militant Islamism in Cairo; Conclusions. Informal markets and the politics of identity; failed states, the criminalization of informal networks and the global war on terrorism.