o:id
	12731
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/12731
o:resource_template
	Journal article
o:resource_class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
dcterms:title
	Explaining the Rise of Jihadism in Africa: The Crucial Case of the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara
dcterms:subject
	Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
	Jihadism
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25139
dcterms:date
	2022
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8475
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120229526 Q120229526
	iwac-reference-0000231
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:abstract
	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.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/540
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1822
bibo:doi
	https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2020.1828078 10.1080/09546553.2020.1828078
bibo:issue
	8
bibo:pageEnd
	1646
bibo:pageStart
	1632
bibo:volume
	34

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