Sebastian Elischer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, Gainesville where his research examines the effects of institutions and identities on state-building and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has published on these topics in journals including Comparative Politics, Democratization and African Affairs and has advised governments on the unfolding security and political situation in several African countries. He is also the author of Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation (2015).
Introduction: Africa's changing security landscape
1. Cases, concepts and variation
2. Critical junctures and the formation of state-led national Islamic associations
3. Missed opportunities and the formation of Islamic federations
4. The state as demobilizer of activist Salafism
5. The state as enabler and radicalizer of activist Salafism
6. From theory generation to theory testing
7. Autocratic legacies, the state and Salafism in Africa
8. Conclusion: reviewing state-Islamic relations in Africa
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