Somalia: Economy Without StateInternational African Institute, 2003 - 206 pages In the wake of the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, a "second" or "informal" economy based on trans-border trade and smuggling is thriving. While focusing primarily on pastoral and agricultural markets, Peter D. Little demonstrates that the Somalis are resilient and opportunistic and that they use their limited resources effectively. While it is true that many Somalis live in the shadow of brutal warlords and lack access to basic health care and education, Little focuses on those who have managed to carve out a productive means of making ends meet under difficult conditions and emphasizes the role of civic culture even when government no longer exists. Exploring questions such as, Does statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder? Do money, international trade, and investment survive without a state? Do pastoralists care about development and social improvement? This book describes the complexity of the Somali situation in the light of international terrorism. |
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... nomads and the towns . Most nomadic clans had allies within the towns who acted as hosts or emporia in centuries past when the towns were mainly trading emporia ... The Somali of today has one foot planted in the countryside and one in ...
... nomadic groups travel consid- erably , looking for water and for grazing land . Since good grazing is often many days of walking from the wells , the nomadic commu- nities need to be highly skilled in managing their stock ( Laitin 1977 ...
... [ nomads ] took over and conquered ' ( 1967 : 304 ) . The contemporary examples of the Tuareg of Mali , Oromo of Ethiopia , Berber of Algeria , and Baluch of Pakistan and Iran demonstrate that confrontations between nomadic pastoralists ...
Contents
Introduction to a stateless economy | 2 |
A land of livestock | 22 |
The destruction of ruralurban relations | 45 |
Copyright | |
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