Overview
The first book-length work to address the implications of Islamist violent extremism for development actors
Combines theory with a current, up-to-date case-study approach
Proposes a new approach for development programming to take new terrorist threats into account
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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New Challenges
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Testing Theories and Evidence in Kenya, Nigeria and Syria/Iraq
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New Responses
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About this book
This edited volume examines the implications for international development actors of new kinds of terrorism taking place in civil conflicts. The threat from terrorism and violent extremism has never been greater – at least in the global South where the vast majority of violent extremist attacks take place. Some of the most violent extremist groups are also parties to civil conflicts in regions such as the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. But are these groups – especially the violent Islamists which constitute the greatest current threat – qualitatively different from other conflict actors? If they are, what are the implications for development practitioners working in war zones and fragile or poverty-afflicted countries? This study aims to answer these questions through a combination of theoretical enquiry and the investigation of three case studies – Kenya, Nigeria, and Iraq/Syria. It aims to illuminate the differences between violent Islamists and other types of conflict actor, to identify the challenges these groups pose to development practice, and to propose a way forward for meeting these challenges.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Andrew Glazzard is the Director of the National Security and Resilience Studies group at RUSI, UK.
Sasha Jesperson is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery, St Mary's University, UK.
Thomas Maguire is a Research Associate at the Department of War Studies, Kings College London, UK.
Emily Winterbotham is a Senior Research Fellow in the National Security and Resilience team at RUSI, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conflict, Violent Extremism and Development
Book Subtitle: New Challenges, New Responses
Authors: Andrew Glazzard, Sasha Jesperson, Thomas Maguire, Emily Winterbotham
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51484-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51483-3Published: 20 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84663-7Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51484-0Published: 04 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 100
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Conflict Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence