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Political Islam in West Africa : state-society relations transformed / edited by William F.S. Miles. - Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007. - xi, 221 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index.

Preface -- Map of West Africa -- West African Islam : emerging political dynamics / William F.S. Miles -- Niger : Islamist identity and the politics of globalization / Robert B. Charlick -- Nigeria : the quest for a viable religious option / Roman Loimeier -- Mali : accommodation or coexistence? / Victor Le Vine -- Mauritania : clash of authoritarianism and ethnicity / Cédric Jourde -- The Gambia : Islam and politics / Momodou N. Darboe -- Senegal : shades of Islamism on a sufi landscape / Leonardo A. Villalón -- West Africa transformed : the new mosque-state relationship / William F.S. Miles -- Bibliography -- The contributors -- Index -- About the book.

ISBN: 9781588265272 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1588265277 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006036688

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA739991 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013752447 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islam and politics--Africa, West.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, West--Politics and government--1960-

LC Class. No.: JQ3360 / .P65 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 320.5570966 / MIL