Mobilization for Violent Politicized Islam
Motivations of Former Participants in al-Shabaab
Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-39145-8 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-39145-8 (ISBN)
This book focuses on the involvement of some Kenyans in al-Shabaab, an affiliate of Al-Qaeda based in Somalia, despite their country’s relative stability compared to Somalia.
It discusses the origin of the Kenyan state and how colonization created social stratification that benefited elites closer to the center, while excluding marginalized groups at the periphery. The argument is that this pattern still prevails, despite attempts to enhance equality, such as the adoption of a new constitution in 2010 promoting the devolution of power and resources. The persistence of this condition, it is argued, is what initially handed al-Qaeda and later al-Shabaab opportunities for mobilization, enabled by its creative politicization of religion. The heavy-handed tactics employed by security forces under the auspices of the ‘War on Terror’ further catalyzed this process, resulting in more Kenyan individuals joining the group. Using an historical and political process approach, the book shows how the interplay of structural conditions and al-Shabaab’s mobilization strategy linked with individuals’ motivations for joining the group. Based on individuals’ own narratives about their participation, the latter is empirically demonstrated to be non-linear, incorporating motivations beyond rational ones, contrary to the overemphasis on ideology in the literature on participation in groups similar to al-Shabaab.
This book will of much interest to students of political violence, African politics, Islamic studies and International Relations.
It discusses the origin of the Kenyan state and how colonization created social stratification that benefited elites closer to the center, while excluding marginalized groups at the periphery. The argument is that this pattern still prevails, despite attempts to enhance equality, such as the adoption of a new constitution in 2010 promoting the devolution of power and resources. The persistence of this condition, it is argued, is what initially handed al-Qaeda and later al-Shabaab opportunities for mobilization, enabled by its creative politicization of religion. The heavy-handed tactics employed by security forces under the auspices of the ‘War on Terror’ further catalyzed this process, resulting in more Kenyan individuals joining the group. Using an historical and political process approach, the book shows how the interplay of structural conditions and al-Shabaab’s mobilization strategy linked with individuals’ motivations for joining the group. Based on individuals’ own narratives about their participation, the latter is empirically demonstrated to be non-linear, incorporating motivations beyond rational ones, contrary to the overemphasis on ideology in the literature on participation in groups similar to al-Shabaab.
This book will of much interest to students of political violence, African politics, Islamic studies and International Relations.
Hawa Noor is an independent researcher, currently affiliated with the University of Bremen’s Institute for Intercultural and International Studies.
1. Introduction 2. The Kenyan State, its Muslim Citizens and their Early Reaction to Exclusion and State Repression 3. On al-Shabaab 4. Pathways to Al-Shabaab 5. Returning From Al-Shabaab and Issues of Kenyan Returnees: Excursus 6. Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Political Violence |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-39145-6 / 1032391456 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-39145-8 / 9781032391458 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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