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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page
... LaPin, Glenn Howze, and Jim Ellison offered moral and material support, as did Kerry Allen, Dave Scott, and Henry Williams. The late Bill Hargus was as generous an expatriate as I've ever met. On leaving Somalia Acknowledgments.
... LaPin, Glenn Howze, and Jim Ellison offered moral and material support, as did Kerry Allen, Dave Scott, and Henry Williams. The late Bill Hargus was as generous an expatriate as I've ever met. On leaving Somalia Acknowledgments.
Page
Somalia Undone Anna Simons. generous an expatriate as I've ever met. On leaving Somalia I spent six months at Ben Gurion University learning about camels from Dr. Reuven Yagil. He, his wife, Bracha, and Clara van Creveld made me feel ...
Somalia Undone Anna Simons. generous an expatriate as I've ever met. On leaving Somalia I spent six months at Ben Gurion University learning about camels from Dr. Reuven Yagil. He, his wife, Bracha, and Clara van Creveld made me feel ...
Page
... expatriates who had been sent to Somalia by their governments, aid agencies, or private nongovernmental organizations. For most of these, Somalia represented a "hardship" posting. Mogadishu, the capital, was hot, remote, and woefully ...
... expatriates who had been sent to Somalia by their governments, aid agencies, or private nongovernmental organizations. For most of these, Somalia represented a "hardship" posting. Mogadishu, the capital, was hot, remote, and woefully ...
Page
... Expatriates in Somalia misunderstood Somalis, Somalis misunderstood one another, the West misperceived the "state" of Somalia, the regime in Somalia misunderstood its exact place in the world, and all sides mistook the extent to which ...
... Expatriates in Somalia misunderstood Somalis, Somalis misunderstood one another, the West misperceived the "state" of Somalia, the regime in Somalia misunderstood its exact place in the world, and all sides mistook the extent to which ...
Page
... expatriates that they had been right about Somalis all along. The subject of this book, then, is to determine to what extent they were, yet weren't, correct. Expatriates thus serve as our straw men for a much broader consideration of ...
... expatriates that they had been right about Somalis all along. The subject of this book, then, is to determine to what extent they were, yet weren't, correct. Expatriates thus serve as our straw men for a much broader consideration of ...
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 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abdi Abdullahi able Afgoi Africa Confidential Ahmed Ahmed's areas assistance Barsana Bashir British brother bush camels Central Rangelands central Somalia clan clan-family colonial CRDP daughter described despite dibad dissolution divorced Djibouti drought economy Ethiopia ethnic expatriates fact father Fatuma foreign franco valuta gorob groups Hargeisa Hawiye herd individuals instance Isaq Islam Italian July 14 Kenya knew lineage lived livestock Marehan marriage married masafo Meanwhile military Mogadishu Mohamed nomads northern official Ogaden Ogaden War Operation Restore Hope opposition organization pastoral pastoralist perhaps political potential qaaraan reasons refugees region relatives Roble Roble's role salary Samatar Saudi Arabia second wife segmentary lineage sheikh shillings shukansi Siad Barre Siad Barre's significant Sofia Somali shillings Somaliland Somalis someone sorio Soviet SSDF structure suggest town tribalism tribe U.S. citizens Ubax United University urban USAID Western wives women World Bank yarad