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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ahmad, Aisha.     Subjects     Jihad -- Economic aspects.     Terrorism -- Finance.     Terrorism -- Economic aspects -- Islamic countries.     War -- Economic aspects -- Islamic countries.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ahmad, Aisha.       by title:      Jihad & co. : black ...       by call number:      363.3250681 A286j     Search the Web     Ahmad, Aisha.     Jihad -- Economic aspects.     Terrorism -- Finance.     Terrorism -- Economic aspects -- Islamic countries.     War -- Economic aspects -- Islamic countries.     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.       MARC Display

Jihad & co. : black markets and Islamist power / Aisha Ahmad. by Ahmad, Aisha. Oxford University Press, 2017. Call #: 363.3250681 A286j Subjects Jihad -- Economic aspects.   Terrorism -- Finance.   Terrorism -- Economic aspects -- Islamic countries.   War -- Economic aspects -- Islamic countries.   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. ISBN:  9780190656775 (hc.) Alternate title:  Jihad and company : black markets and Islamist power Black markets and Islamist power Description:  xxv, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Bibliography:  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:  "For two decades, militant jihadism has been one of the world's most pressing security crises. In civil wars and insurgencies across the Muslim world, Islamist groups have taken advantage of the anarchy to establish political control over a broad range of territories and communities, building radical new jihadist proto-states. Why have ideologically-inspired Islamists been able to build state-like polities out of civil war stalemate, while many other armed groups have failed to gain similar traction? What makes jihadists win? Aisha Ahmad argues that there are concrete economic reasons behind Islamist success. By tracking the economic activities of jihadist groups in Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, Mali, and Iraq, she uncovers an unlikely actor in bringing Islamist groups to power: the local business community. To illuminate the nexus between business and Islamist interests in civil war, Ahmad journeys into war-torn bazaars to meet with both jihadists and the smugglers who financed their rise to power. From the arms markets in the Pakistani border region to the street markets of Mogadishu, their stories reveal a powerful economic logic behind the rise of Islamist power in civil wars. Behind the fiery rhetoric and impassioned, ideological claims is the cold, hard cash of the local war economy. Moving readers back and forth between mosques, marketplaces, and battlefields, Ahmad makes a powerful argument that economic savvy, as much as ideological fervor, explains the rise of militant jihadism across the modern Muslim world. Aisha Ahmad is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 363.3250681 A286j Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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