Radical religion and the habitus of the dispossessed: Does Islamic militancy have an urban ecology?

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 579-590

  Bayat, Asef ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispossessed; Islamism; Middle East; Radical religion; Urban ecology; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

ISLAMISM; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POVERTY; URBAN SOCIETY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 35349005253     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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