African border disorders : addressing transnational extremist organizations

African border disorders addressing transnational extremist organizations

Since the end of the Cold War, the monopoly of legitimate organized force of many African states has been eroded by a mix of rebel groups, violent extremist organizations, and self-defence militias created in response to the rise in organized violence on the continent. African Border Disorders explo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Walther, Olivier J. (Editor), Miles, William F. S., editor., author (editor), Walther, Olivier, editor., author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Taylor & Francis 2018
2017.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Routledge studies on African politics and international relations.
Materias:
Political violence > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Violence > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic fundamentalism > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Boundaries.
Al Qaeda
Boko Haram
Bruce Whitehouse
border conflict
Caitriona Dowd
Christian Leuprecht
Daniel Cunningham
David B. Skillicorn
Islamic Maghreb
Islamic State
Jaume Castan Pinos
Kristen Tsolis
Nikolas Emmanuel
Quan Zheng
Sahara-Sahel
Sean F. Everton
Steven M. Radil
terrorism
terrorist groups
Walther
West Africa
William F.S. Miles
William F. Miles
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009660879306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: States, borders and political violence in Africa / Olivier J. Walther and William F.S. Miles
  • Part I: Social networks and spatial patterns
  • Spatializing the social networks of the First Congo War / Steven M. Radil
  • Exploring the spatial and social networks of transnational rebellions in Africa / Sean Everton, Dan Cunningham, Kristen Tsolis
  • Networks and spatial patterns of extremist organizations in north and west Africa / Olivier J. Walther, Christian Leuprecht, David Skillicorn
  • Spatial and temporal diffusion of political violence in north and west Africa / David B. Skillicorn, Olivier J. Walther, Qur'an Zheng, Christian Leuprecht
  • Part II: Transnational extremism and policy responses
  • Nigeria's Boko Haram: Local, national and transnational dynamics / Caitriona Dowd
  • External incentives and the African subregional response to Boko Haram / Nikolas Emmanuel
  • Part III: States, civil society and transnational extremism
  • Terror, territory and statehood from Al Qaeda to the Islamic State / Jaume Castan Pinos
  • Public perceptions of violent extremism in Mali / Bruce Whitehouse
  • Jihads and borders: social networks and spatial patterns in Africa, present, past and future / William F.S. Miles.

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