This volume provides a systematic and cross-regional analysis of radicalisation, militancy and violence in West Africa.

Concern about terrorism in, or from, West Africa, has been recognised in academic research, and the adoption of militarised approaches to addressing it questioned. However, the basis for that questioning the need to investigate factors such as the historical and socio-economic roots of militancy is not developed, nor is it substantiated in existing studies. The significant impact of religiously motivated radicalisation and violence in West Africa upon international...

This book explores the intended and unintended impact of international criminal justice on the legitimacy of Quasi-State Entities.

In order to do so, the concept of Quasi-state entity is introduced to distinguish actors in statehood conflicts that aspire to statehood, and fulfil statehood functions to a greater or lesser degree, including the capacity and willingness to deploy armed force, but lack the status of sovereign statehood. This work explores the ability of Quasi-State Entities (QSEs) to create and maintain legitimacy for their actions, institutions and statehood-project...