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 56
... able to make ends meet thanks to their access to rural produce but because a siz- able segment of the population was able to remain comfortably outside the " national " economy without threatening ( or necessarily interacting with ) the ...
... able to make ends meet thanks to their access to rural produce but because a siz- able segment of the population was able to remain comfortably outside the " national " economy without threatening ( or necessarily interacting with ) the ...
Page 95
... able to control : namely , physical aspects of local finances . For instance , in the first few weeks in July cash began to run short in Mogadishu . No doubt ( and as other analyses have pointed out ) this did exacerbate people's sense ...
... able to control : namely , physical aspects of local finances . For instance , in the first few weeks in July cash began to run short in Mogadishu . No doubt ( and as other analyses have pointed out ) this did exacerbate people's sense ...
Page 102
... able to compare pastoral and market economies and determine which would be able to sustain them better " at the moment " -with the difficulty of the moment ever - changeable - also helped explain the ambivalence that surfaced in ...
... able to compare pastoral and market economies and determine which would be able to sustain them better " at the moment " -with the difficulty of the moment ever - changeable - also helped explain the ambivalence that surfaced in ...
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