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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Doboš, Bohumil
• Riegl, Martin
• Landovský, Jakub

Titel

Territoriality of Radical Islamist Groups: Security, Economy, and Identity

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This book examines the issue of territorial control by violent jihadist groups using a comparative perspective. The book argues that in many parts of the world the connection between a state and the control over territory is not as close as presented by conventional political maps, and therefore it is necessary to analyze the territoriality of non-state actors as well. Based on a variety of case studies, the work looks at different levels of connection between the violent Islamist groups and territory, dividing them into non-territorial, semi-territorial, and territorial groups. While the majority of the cases are located in the Middle East (Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Ha'yat Tahrir al-Sham, Hamas, and Hezbollah), the book also draws cases from Africa (groups in the western Sahel, Al-Shabaab, and Boko Haram), South Asia (Taliban), and East Asia (Abu Sayyaf). By providing an in-depth understanding of their respective approaches to territory, the book identifies the specifics of each group's territoriality, while also drawing more general conclusions. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, radical Islam, Middle Eastern studies, and International Relations in general.