BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250913T220240EDT-4661r7OUGl@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250914T020240Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of Political Science and the Institute of Islami c Studies invite you to our book launch celebrating Prof. Khalid Mustafa M edani’s book Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa (Cambridge University Press\, 2021).\n\nTuesday\, April 19 \, 2022\, 4:00pm\n Morrice Hall 017 (TNC Theatre)\n 3485 Rue McTavish\n\nSpe akers:\n\nMichelle Hartman (Director\, Islamic Studies)\n Jacob T. Levy (Ch air\, Political Science)\n Juan Wang (Political Science)\n Malek Abisaab (Hi story/Islamic Studies)\n Khalid Mustafa Medani (Islamic Studies/Political S cience)\n \n Prof. Khalid Mustafa Medani is Chair of 91ºÚÁÏÍø’s Afr ican Studies program\, and Associate Professor in Political Science and Is lamic Studies.\n \n Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Mi ddle East and Africa\n \n Understanding the political and socio-economic fac tors which give rise to youth recruitment into militant organizations is a t the heart of grasping some of the most important issues that affect the contemporary Middle East and Africa. In this book\, Khalid Mustafa Medani explains why youth are attracted to militant organizations\, examining the specific role of economic globalization\, in the form of outmigration and expatriate remittance inflows\, plays in determining how and why militant activists emerge. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primar ily on ideology to explain militant recruitment. Based on extensive fieldw ork\, Medani offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of globalization\, neoliberal reforms and informal economic networks as a conduit for the ris e and evolution of moderate and militant Islamist movements and as an aven ue central to the often\, violent enterprise of state building and state f ormation. In an original contribution to the study of Islamist and ethnic politics more broadly\, he thereby shows the importance of understanding w hen and under what conditions religious rather than other forms of identit y become politically salient in the context of changes in local conditions .\n  \n DTSTART:20220419T200000Z DTEND:20220419T213000Z LOCATION:TNC Theatre (017)\, Morrice Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E1\, 3485 rue McTavish SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Prof. Khalid Mustafa Medani\, 'Black Markets and Milit ants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa' URL:/politicalscience/channels/event/book-launch-prof- khalid-mustafa-medani-black-markets-and-militants-informal-networks-middle -east-and-338855 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR