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DOI	10.1080/03066150.2018.1474457
	Why do pastoralists in Mali join jihadist groups? A political ecological explanation
	Benjaminsen, Tor A.; Ba, Boubacar
通讯作者	Benjaminsen, TA (corresponding author), PRIO, Oslo, Norway.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES
ISSN	0306-6150
EISSN	1743-9361
出版年	2019
卷号	46 期号:1 页码:1-20
英文摘要	Since 2015 jihadist groups have taken control of the Mopti region in central Mali. We ask how such a radical development has been possible in a country previously praised as a bulwark against radical Islam in Africa. While the dominant literature on the crisis in Mali has focused on how global political economic developments and international jihadist thinking and organisation relate to national dynamics, we take a materialist political ecology approach to explain the current situation. By focusing on the micro-politics of two land-use conflicts and how these conflicts are affected by the jihadist expansion, we seek to explain peasant (or pastoral) logics behind joining these armed groups. In particular, pastoralists seem to support the jihadist takeover, because of an anti-state, anti-elite and pro-pastoral jihadist discourse, because they have become increasingly fatigued by and disgruntled with a predatory and corrupt state, and because the development model imposed by the state and international donors has not responded to pastoral priorities. Rent-seeking by government officials has been especially intense in relation to conflicts over pastoral land, environmental management and the fight against desertification. This happened while the international community continued to praise Mali as a model of African democracy.
英文关键词	Jihadism pastoralism resistance insurgency Mali
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000454066300001
WOS关键词	ISLAMIC MAGHREB ; AL-QAEDA ; SAHEL ; CONFLICTS ; MANAGEMENT ; TERRORISM ; CRISIS
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Development Studies
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Development Studies
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369283
作者单位	[Benjaminsen, Tor A.] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Fac Landscape & Soc, Dept Int Environm & Dev Studies Noragr, As, Norway
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Benjaminsen, Tor A.,Ba, Boubacar. Why do pastoralists in Mali join jihadist groups? A political ecological explanation[J],2019,46(1):1-20.
APA	Benjaminsen, Tor A.,&Ba, Boubacar.(2019).Why do pastoralists in Mali join jihadist groups? A political ecological explanation.JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES,46(1),1-20.
MLA	Benjaminsen, Tor A.,et al."Why do pastoralists in Mali join jihadist groups? A political ecological explanation".JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES 46.1(2019):1-20.