Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC3142: Social and Islamist Armed Movements

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Readings:
Hafez, Mohammed, Why Muslims Rebel: Repression and Resistance in the Islamic World (Boulder, Colo. ; London : Lynne Rienner, 2003), chapters 1, 2.
Recommended:
• Paul Davis et al. Social Science for Counterterrorism. DC: Rand, 2008. Chapters 1, 2:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG849/
Suggested readings:
• Anas, Abdullah. “The Birth of Arab Afghans: An Algerian Perspective.” In Ibrahim Abu Rabi’(ed.). The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam. London: Pluto Press, 2010
• Ashour, Omar. “Egypt’s Democratic Jihadist?” Foreign Policy, 13 July 2011.
• Ashour, Omar, “Lions Tamed? An Inquiry into the Causes of De-Radicalization of the Egyptian Islamic Group.” Middle East Journal vol. 61, no. 4 (Autumn 2007): 596 - 625.
• Bakkour, Samer. The End of Middle East Peace Process: the Failure of US Diplomacy (Routledge: New York, London, 2022)
• Brachman, Jarret. Global Jihadism. London: Routledge, 2009, chapters 1, 2.
• Lia, Brynjar. Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of the life of al-Qaida strategist Abu Mus‘al-Suri, chapters, 1, 2.
• Lyall, J., and I. Wilson. ‘‘Rage against the Machines: Explaining Outcomes in Counterinsurgency Wars.’’ International Organization vol. 63, no. 1(2009): 67-106.
• International Crisis Group. “Radical Islam in Gaza.” Middle East Report N°104, 29 March 2011:
• Bakke, Kristin M. “Help Wanted? The Mixed Record of Foreign Fighters in Domestic Insurgencies.” International Security, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Spring 2014), pp. 150–187.
http://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/IS3804_pp150-187.pdf