id 12731 Url https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/12731 Modèle de ressource Journal article Classe de ressource bibo:AcademicArticle Titre Explaining the Rise of Jihadism in Africa: The Crucial Case of the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara Sujet Islamic State in the Greater Sahara Jihadism Editeur https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/25139 Date 2022 Type https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8475 Identifiant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120229526 Q120229526 iwac-reference-0000231 Langue https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8322 Résumé While jihadism appears to be on the rise in Africa, the explanations of violent extremist groups’ capacity to foment jihadi insurgencies and mobilize recruits remain poorly understood. Recent studies have challenged the assumption that the rise of jihadism in Africa is the result of poor governance in areas of limited state reach, highlighting instead the significance of the (perception of) abuses perpetrated by state authorities. Looking at collective action and its structural determinants, it is rather state action—and not the lack thereof—that best explains the capacity of mobilization of jihadi insurgencies in African borderlands. In order to test this theory in a least-likely case, the article explores the genealogy and evolution of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), mobilizing extensive qualitative evidence. Borrowing the analytical framework from civil war studies, it argues that the contentious political dynamics observed in Niger’s borderlands amount to a case of symmetric non-conventional warfare, where abuses perpetrated by state proxies trigger an escalation of homegrown terrorism. It therefore supplies a further specification of the theories investigating the complex interplay between the processes of jihadi mobilization/rebel governance and the practices of counter-terrorism in weak states. Couverture spatiale https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/540 Liste des auteurs https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/1822 Doi https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2020.1828078 10.1080/09546553.2020.1828078 Numéro 8 Dernière page 1646 Première page 1632 Volume 34 --