Networks Of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneIn 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 Somal |
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AC Africa Confidential ACR Africa Contemporary Record AD Africa Diary ARB Africa Research Bulletin BBC British Broadcasting Corporation CRDP Central Rangelands Development Project DFSS Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia EEC ...
AC Africa Confidential ACR Africa Contemporary Record AD Africa Diary ARB Africa Research Bulletin BBC British Broadcasting Corporation CRDP Central Rangelands Development Project DFSS Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia EEC ...
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Grammar books were either in Italian or dated back to the British colonial period. Newer books, written either for the Peace Corps or by the Mennonites concentrated on simple conversation and nothing more detailed.
Grammar books were either in Italian or dated back to the British colonial period. Newer books, written either for the Peace Corps or by the Mennonites concentrated on simple conversation and nothing more detailed.
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Most expatriates, no matter what their nationality—U.S., British, German, Finnish— were living a "white" existence anyway, and it was this existence that attracted supplicants—a further cause for alienation.4 Most westerners were ...
Most expatriates, no matter what their nationality—U.S., British, German, Finnish— were living a "white" existence anyway, and it was this existence that attracted supplicants—a further cause for alienation.4 Most westerners were ...
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Clearly British civil servants felt themselves integral to commitments made by their government and took an interest in Somalis if for no other reason. By contrast, expatriates in the late 1980s filled a much more ambiguous role, ...
Clearly British civil servants felt themselves integral to commitments made by their government and took an interest in Somalis if for no other reason. By contrast, expatriates in the late 1980s filled a much more ambiguous role, ...
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Contents
PART TWO HISTORIES | |
PART THREE CHRONOLOGY 19881989 | |
PART FOUR PASTORAL IDEOLOGY AND URBAN | |
Pastoral Principles | |
Ties | |
Moralities | |
Tribalism | |
PART FIVE FAMILY TO FAMILY | |
A Rigorous Ending | |
No Ending | |
Bibliography | |
About the Book and Author | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Networks Of Dissolution: Somalia Undone |
| Author | Anna Simons |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2019 |
| ISBN | 0429720831, 9780429720833 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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