Conflict, Violent Extremism and Development: New Challenges, New Responses (1st ed. 2018 edition.)

This edited volume examines the implications for international development actors of new kinds of terrorism taking place in civil conflicts.

The threat from terrorism and violent extremism has never been greater - at least in the global South where the vast majority of violent extremist attacks take place.

Some of the most violent extremist groups are also parties to civil conflicts in regions such as the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.

But are these groups - especially the violent Islamists which constitute the greatest current threat - qualitatively different from other conflict actors?

If they are, what are the implications for development practitioners working in war zones and fragile or poverty-afflicted countries?

This study answers these questions through a combination of theoretical enquiry and the investigation of three case studies - Kenya, Nigeria, and Iraq/Syria.