Imams and Patrons

Service Provision by Islamist Non-State Actors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10071805
AutoresTuğba Bozçağa (0000-0001-9114-4111, King's College London, autor de correspondencia), Fotini Christia (0000-0003-1076-9879, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Año2025
Fecha de publicación2025-09-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00220027251374830
OpenAlexW4414353854
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas70

Whether armed or unarmed, Islamist non-state actors have a reputation for winning over citizens’ support and spreading their ideas through service delivery, reflecting a worldwide trend in non-state service provision. While existing research attributes the notable variation in service provision to strategic targeting, we argue that service allocation is also highly dependent on a non-state actor’s ability to marshal resources through local economic elites. Our findings demonstrate that service provision by religious non-state actors is more likely in areas and periods where there is associational involvement among elite supporters at the local level. For our inferences, we examine the spatial and temporal variation in the service delivery of a major Islamist group in Turkey. We use original data on non-state service infrastructure, local business associations, charitable endowments, and economic development, as proxied by average nightlight density, along with data on public service infrastructure and historical state-building institutions

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