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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... knew talking to them would not be taking them away from any work-related duties. Indeed, things fell apart to such an extent that by July I was the only western expatriate still attached to CRDP in any way, although there were other ...
... knew talking to them would not be taking them away from any work-related duties. Indeed, things fell apart to such an extent that by July I was the only western expatriate still attached to CRDP in any way, although there were other ...
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... knew how to use, and had used, although they had never had to regard these in a tribal or clannist light before. It was the corrosive effects of this falling-back that they denounced, and as a result they condemned themselves perhaps ...
... knew how to use, and had used, although they had never had to regard these in a tribal or clannist light before. It was the corrosive effects of this falling-back that they denounced, and as a result they condemned themselves perhaps ...
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... knew quite what to make of me since I, clearly, had a different interest in Somalis, and having any interest, let alone empathy, was unusual. Indeed, as I often tried to explain to other U.S. citizens, part of the reason why I could ...
... knew quite what to make of me since I, clearly, had a different interest in Somalis, and having any interest, let alone empathy, was unusual. Indeed, as I often tried to explain to other U.S. citizens, part of the reason why I could ...
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... knew more about Islam than that it was an "Arab" religion that caused people to bang their heads on the floor five times a day; that Muslims could have more than one wife; and that women were second-class citizens and often cloistered ...
... knew more about Islam than that it was an "Arab" religion that caused people to bang their heads on the floor five times a day; that Muslims could have more than one wife; and that women were second-class citizens and often cloistered ...
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... knew in advance they would not follow through on a promise and, therefore, voiced inshallah as a preemptive excuse. Not only was this "out" not considered honorable by expatriates, it was openly mocked. People made fun of what they ...
... knew in advance they would not follow through on a promise and, therefore, voiced inshallah as a preemptive excuse. Not only was this "out" not considered honorable by expatriates, it was openly mocked. People made fun of what they ...
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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