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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Somalia Undone Anna Simons. • 12 • Tribalism Given Somalia's conditions of uncertainty trust had to be circumscribed ; tribalism resulted . In this chapter I sketch a theoretical argument . Traditionally ethnographers have described ...
Somalia Undone Anna Simons. • 12 • Tribalism Given Somalia's conditions of uncertainty trust had to be circumscribed ; tribalism resulted . In this chapter I sketch a theoretical argument . Traditionally ethnographers have described ...
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... tribalism evokes ) , we have given ourselves no choice but to offer explanations from the outside of the outside ... tribalism in the Somali context , let me first attempt to define tribalism as I use the concept . I believe there are ...
... tribalism evokes ) , we have given ourselves no choice but to offer explanations from the outside of the outside ... tribalism in the Somali context , let me first attempt to define tribalism as I use the concept . I believe there are ...
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... tribalism , which has seemed to mean all things to all Africanists . However , despite a resurgence of interest in the topic today it was perhaps most rigorously debated more than two decades ago , as members of the Manchester School ...
... tribalism , which has seemed to mean all things to all Africanists . However , despite a resurgence of interest in the topic today it was perhaps most rigorously debated more than two decades ago , as members of the Manchester School ...
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