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Strategic Culture and Violent Non-State Actors - A Comparative Study of Salafi-Jihadist Groups (Hardcover)
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Strategic Culture and Violent Non-State Actors - A Comparative Study of Salafi-Jihadist Groups (Hardcover)
Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies
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This book applies strategic culture concepts to violent non-state
actors (VNSAs) in a comparative analysis. In recent years, Al-Qaida
in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has become notorious for kidnapping
Western hostages in north-western Africa and for its role in the
short-lived Islamist takeover of Mali. The group, formerly known as
the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, rebranded itself as an
Al-Qaida franchise in 2007, leading to speculation of a change from
its Algeria-centric agenda to an anti-Western one. This study
compares and contrasts the ideas and behaviour of these two groups,
using a strategic-cultural approach, and finds that, despite some
commonalities, AQIM has a distinct strategic culture from Al-Qaida
central, thereby debunking the notion of Al-Qaida as a monolithic
movement. This is the first comparative analysis of violent
non-state actors to employ a strategic-cultural approach and the
first such study on AQIM. While strategic culture has traditionally
been applied to states, this work adds to the emerging literature
applying such approaches to non-state armed groups, and employs a
novel conception of strategic culture consisting of narratives and
practices. This book will be of much interest to students of
strategic culture, political violence, Middle Eastern politics and
Security Studies in general.
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