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Author Khelghat-Doost, Hamoon

Title Strategic logic of women in Jihadi organizations : from operation to state building / Hamoon Khelghat-Doost
Published Cham : Springer, 2021

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Contents Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Glossary of Terms -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Argument -- 1.2 Plan of the Book -- Chapter 2: The Portrayal of Women in Jihadi Organizations -- 2.1 Victims of Masculine Violence -- 2.2 Antiquated Typologies -- Chapter 3: Operation-Based Jihadi Organizations -- 3.1 The Strategic Logic of Incorporating Women -- Chapter 4: State-Building Jihadi Organizations -- 4.1 The Strategic Logic of Women's Incorporation into State-Building Jihadi Organizations
4.1.1 Women and the Legitimacy of State-Building Jihadi Organizations -- 4.1.1.1 Traditional Authority -- 4.1.1.2 Charismatic Authority -- 4.1.1.3 Rational-Legal Authority -- 4.1.2 Women and the Capacity of State-Building Jihadi Organizations -- 4.1.3 Women and the Security of State-Building Jihadi Organizations -- Chapter 5: Women in Operation-Based Jihadi Organizations -- 5.1 Combat Roles -- 5.1.1 Suicide Bombers -- 5.1.1.1 Benefits and Contributions -- Operational Advantages -- Changing Governments' Strategies -- Increasing the Organization's Capabilities -- Media Coverage
5.1.2 Cover for Male Fighters -- 5.2 Non-combat Roles -- 5.2.1 Messengers -- 5.2.2 Financing -- 5.2.3 Supporting Roles -- 5.2.4 Recruiters -- 5.2.4.1 Tactical Advantage vs. Religious Obligations -- Chapter 6: Women in State-Building Jihadi Organizations: Legitimacy -- 6.1 Establishment -- 6.1.1 Hijrah -- 6.1.1.1 Taking Control of a Personal Life -- 6.1.1.2 Freedom from Parental Control -- 6.1.1.3 Escaping Marginalized Societies -- 6.1.2 Utopian Society -- 6.1.2.1 Gender-Segregated Parallel Institutions -- 6.2 Maintenance -- 6.2.1 Motherhood and Family -- 6.2.2 Marriage -- 6.2.3 Polygamy
6.3 Expansion -- 6.3.1 Advocacy and Recruitment -- 6.3.2 Normal Living Conditions -- 6.4 Defense -- Chapter 7: Women in State-Building Jihadi Organizations: Public Goods and Service Provision -- 7.1 Teachers and Educators -- 7.1.1 Bringing Up the Next Generation of Jihadists -- 7.1.2 Strengthening Social Control -- 7.1.3 Expanding State Capacity -- 7.2 Doctors and Nurses -- 7.2.1 Increasing Popular Support for Their Rule -- 7.2.2 Expanding and Strengthening Social Control -- 7.3 Tax Collectors -- 7.4 Integration Officers -- 7.4.1 Helping Female Migrants to Settle Down
7.4.2 Assisting Female Migrants to Integrate into the State Apparatus -- 7.5 Other Roles -- Chapter 8: Women in State-Building Jihadi Organizations: Security -- 8.1 Police Force -- 8.2 Intelligence Force -- 8.3 Military Force -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- 9.1 Returning to the Argument -- 9.2 Groups in Transit -- 9.3 Contributions and Implications -- References -- Index
Summary This book discusses the role of women in jihadi organizations. It explores a critical puzzle of why, despite the traditional restrictive views of Islamic jurisprudence on women's social activities, the level of women's incorporation into some jihadi organizations is growing rapidly both in numbers and roles around the world. The author argues that the increasing incorporation of women and their diversity of roles reflect a strategic logic -jihadi groups integrate women to enhance organizational success. To explain the structural metamorphosis of jihadi organizations and to provide insight into the strategic logic of women in jihadi groups, the book develops a new continuum typology, dividing jihadi groups into operation-based and state-building jihadi organizations. The book uses multiple methods, including empirical fieldwork and the conceptual framework of fragile states to explain the expanding role of women within organizations such as ISIS. Addressing a much-overlooked gap in contemporary studies of women's association with militant jihadi organizations, this book will be of interest to scholars in the field of gender and international security, think tanks working on the Middle East security affairs, activists, policy-makers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking study or research associated with gender and militant non-state actors
Subject Terrorist organizations.
Muslim women.
Political violence.
terrorism.
Muslim women
Political violence
Terrorist organizations
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030593889
3030593886