Networks of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneRoutledge, 2019 M03 13 - 256 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 Somal |
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... project designed to halt desertification and improve production in the central rangelands (a land area comprising one-fifth of the country). Once it became apparent that neither I nor many of the CRDP employees would be able to.
... project designed to halt desertification and improve production in the central rangelands (a land area comprising one-fifth of the country). Once it became apparent that neither I nor many of the CRDP employees would be able to.
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... area side of a carved wooden screen; there was no real privacy. Yet, the opaque glass door to the office itself was always locked, even when the general manager was in. A doorman had to let visitors in and out. And because the glass was ...
... area side of a carved wooden screen; there was no real privacy. Yet, the opaque glass door to the office itself was always locked, even when the general manager was in. A doorman had to let visitors in and out. And because the glass was ...
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... areas for which they had been hired. Here it should be noted that there were several reasons why middle-aged men were preferred over other candidates. One is that their experience level tended to be higher than that of younger recruits ...
... areas for which they had been hired. Here it should be noted that there were several reasons why middle-aged men were preferred over other candidates. One is that their experience level tended to be higher than that of younger recruits ...
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... that the original objectives were unattainable within the six year period and that the direct and indirect benefits expected from the interventions could be insignificant. In addition, security problems in the western areas of.
... that the original objectives were unattainable within the six year period and that the direct and indirect benefits expected from the interventions could be insignificant. In addition, security problems in the western areas of.
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... areas during 1982. ... Shifting cultivation and the locally perceived increase in private enclosure of land was becoming controversial. Some pastoralists, local government and National Range Agency (NRA) officials felt urgent action was ...
... areas during 1982. ... Shifting cultivation and the locally perceived increase in private enclosure of land was becoming controversial. Some pastoralists, local government and National Range Agency (NRA) officials felt urgent action was ...
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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