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      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2022
      September 2022
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      9781009257749
      9781009257725
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    Understanding the political and socio-economic factors which give rise to youth recruitment into militant organizations is central to grasping some of the most important issues that affect the contemporary Middle East and Africa. In this book, Khalid Mustafa Medani explains why youth are attracted to militant organizations, examining the specific role economic globalization plays in determining how and why militant activists emerge. Based on extensive fieldwork, Medani offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of globalization, neoliberal reforms and informal economic networks on the rise and evolution of moderate and militant Islamist movements. In an original contribution to the study of Islamist and ethnic politics, he shows the importance of understanding when and under what conditions religious rather than other forms of identity become politically salient. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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    Contents

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    • Black Markets and Militants
      pp i-ii
    • Black Markets and Militants - Title page
      pp iii-iii
    • Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa
    • Copyright page
      pp iv-iv
    • Dedication
      pp v-vi
    • Contents
      pp vii-viii
    • Figures
      pp ix-ix
    • Tables
      pp x-x
    • Acknowledgments
      pp xi-xiv
    • Additional material
      pp xv-xvi
    • Preface
      pp xvii-xxii
    • I - The Framework
      pp 1-20
    • II - The Institutional Context in an Era of Abundance
      pp 21-150
    • 1 - “The House the Boom Built”: The Informal Economy and Islamist Politics in Egypt
      pp 23-91
    • III - Globalization and Institutional Change in an Era of Scarcity
      pp 151-324
    • 4 - Economic Crisis, Informal Institutions, and the Transformation of Islamist Politics in Egypt
      pp 153-177
    • 6 - State Collapse, Informal Networks, and the Dilemma of State Building in Somalia
      pp 219-262
    • Conclusion
      pp 314-324
    • Informal Markets and the Politics of Identity
    • Appendices
      pp 325-326
    • Appendix A - Appendices
      pp 325-325
    • Appendix B - Appendices
      pp 326-326
    • Notes
      pp 327-362
    • Bibliography
      pp 363-390
    • Index
      pp 391-404

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