Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Arabic Glossary
Arabic Transliteration
1. Introduction
2. Institutionalizing Violence
3. Two Trajectories to Jihad
4. Strategy Institutionalization
5. Confronting the Regime and Fighting the Far Enemy
6. The Emergence of Non-Violent Political Alternatives
7. Conclusion
Annex: Methodology and Field Research
Bibliography
Index

"This chapter presents the analytical framework of this book in the contentious politics research agenda. The book situates jihadi groups in a multilevel environment constituted by their political environment, social movement, the security services, the public, and a potential countermovement. This chapter argues that jihadi groups can successively radicalise in interaction with any of these actors. The first argument is that radicalisation forces them to institutionalise along one dimension. The second argument is that the succession of several phases of radicalisation and institutionalisation shapes their long-term trajectories and strategic choices"--