1st Edition

Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa Politics and Process

Edited By George Joffé Copyright 2012
232 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In the current climate of political extremism and violence, much attention has been directed towards "radicalisation" as the reasons behind such courses of action, along with a conviction that those who are radicalised represent an irrational deviation from the conventionally accepted norms of social and political behaviour. This book focuses on the current issues and analytical approaches to... Read more

Introduction: Antiphonal Responses, Social Movements and Networks George Joffé  1. Islam in Libya Alia Brahimi  2. Social Change, Regime Performance and the Radicalisation of Politics: The Case of Libya Mohamed Zahi Mogherbi  3. Tunisia: The Radicalisation of Religious Policy Mehdi Mabrouk  4. Radicalisation in Tunisia Alison Pargeter  5. The Causes of Radicalisation in Algeria Zine Mohamed Barka  6. Trajectories of Radicalisation: Algeria 1989-1999 George Joffé  7. Morocco’s Radicalised Political Movements Rachel Linn  8. Salafism in Morocco: Between Religious Radicalism and Political Conformism Abdelhakim Aboullouz, with an introduction by Mohamed Tozy  9. The Paradoxes of Islamic Radicalisation in Mauritania Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem

Biography

George Joffé teaches the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa  at the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge. His primary interests are in North African affairs and he runs a research centre at the Centre, devoted to these issues, which also produces a journal, the Journal of North African Studies, which he founded and now co-edits.