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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... structure due to commercial- ization , the realities of livestock and of the bush remained unpoliticizable.2 Both were resonant , not only symbolically but for very practical reasons . For instance , economically , pastoral production ...
... structure due to commercial- ization , the realities of livestock and of the bush remained unpoliticizable.2 Both were resonant , not only symbolically but for very practical reasons . For instance , economically , pastoral production ...
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... structure can't explain everything . What about Hawiye former ministers who had shared prison cells with Darood former ministers ? What about school ties , or connections made through the workplace ? Without question ( or compunction ) ...
... structure can't explain everything . What about Hawiye former ministers who had shared prison cells with Darood former ministers ? What about school ties , or connections made through the workplace ? Without question ( or compunction ) ...
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... Structure and Development of an Expansionist System . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press , 1985 . Kertzer , David . Ritual , Politics and Power . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1988 . Kinross , Lord . The Ottoman Centuries ...
... Structure and Development of an Expansionist System . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press , 1985 . Kertzer , David . Ritual , Politics and Power . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1988 . Kinross , Lord . The Ottoman Centuries ...
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