Networks Of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneAvalon Publishing, 1995 M12 28 - 246 pages In this penetrating and timely book, Anna Simons documents Somalia's impending slide toward anarchy. How do people react to a failing yet still repressive government? What do they do when the banks run out of cash? How do they cope with unprecedented uncertainty? These are some of the questions Simons addresses as she introduces the reader to Somalia's descent into dissolution from within the Somali capital of Mogadishu.Exploring the volatile mix of external interest in Somalia, internal politicking, and enduring social structure, she shows how cross-cultural misunderstanding and regroupment are key to explaining Somalia's breakdown at the national level. One aim of this book is to challenge broadly held assumptions about the content of nationalism, tribalism, and the state, as defined and debated by academics and as experienced by individuals. Another is to analyze the making of a pivotal moment in Somali history. Simons charts new ground in the study of the dissolution of a state at all levels, shuttling back and forth between micro and macro frames, historical and everyday practices, and expatriate and Somali experiences. |
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Page 83
... July 26. Originally imposed from dusk to dawn ( 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. ) , it was first shortened on July 20 ( from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. ) and finally only enforced between 11 P.M. and 5 A.M .. This allowed workers like watchmen to return home ...
... July 26. Originally imposed from dusk to dawn ( 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. ) , it was first shortened on July 20 ( from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. ) and finally only enforced between 11 P.M. and 5 A.M .. This allowed workers like watchmen to return home ...
Page 87
... July 14. Yet , this may well have had as much to do with the mun- dane fact that July 14 was a Friday as anything else . According to a number of expatriate eyewitnesses and at least one Somali there was an anti- Christian element to ...
... July 14. Yet , this may well have had as much to do with the mun- dane fact that July 14 was a Friday as anything else . According to a number of expatriate eyewitnesses and at least one Somali there was an anti- Christian element to ...
Page 88
... July 14 should be taken as just that : explanations . They are far too log- ical and too thought through to be truth ... July 14 and even , perhaps , indeed , that this would become the event that would usher in a series of other new ...
... July 14 should be taken as just that : explanations . They are far too log- ical and too thought through to be truth ... July 14 and even , perhaps , indeed , that this would become the event that would usher in a series of other new ...
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