Militancy and Violence in West Africa: Religion, politics and radicalisation

by James Gow

Book Overview

This volume provides a systematic and cross-regional analysis of radicalisation, militancy and violence in West Africa.

Concern about terrorism in, or from, West Africa, has been recognised in academic research, and the adoption of militarised approaches to addressing it questioned. However, the basis for that questioning - the need to investigate factors such as the historical and socio-economic roots of militancy - is not developed, nor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415821371
• ISBN13: 9780415821377
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.2"