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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... political system ( see Brons 2001 ) . Regarding the latter , the pre - colonial political system was a classic stateless system where a segmentary kinship system traced to a founding ancestor ( real or fictive ) through males ...
... political alliances , the pattern is especially confused if one looks only at clan affiliations . For example , within General Hersi Morgan's faction , a major political group in the region also called the Somali Patriotic Movement ...
... political allegiances , as some have suggested ( Lewis 1994 ; Schlee 2001 ) , or has its rigidity and importance been overstated – an invention of the anthropologist that is reinforced by Western journalists who enjoy writing about ...
Contents
Introduction to a stateless economy | 2 |
A land of livestock | 22 |
The destruction of ruralurban relations | 45 |
Copyright | |
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