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 they were merely passing through. Second, and connected to the lack of real interest in Somalia, was the lack of desire on the part of most latter-day expatriates to read about Somalis. Unlike colonial officials who assiduously ...
... knew they were merely passing through. Second, and connected to the lack of real interest in Somalia, was the lack of desire on the part of most latter-day expatriates to read about Somalis. Unlike colonial officials who assiduously ...
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... knew that the easiest way to save themselves time and unnecessary effort on arrival in a new post was to learn the ropes from other expatriates. The logical expatriates to turn to were those they were replacing. However, people on their ...
... knew that the easiest way to save themselves time and unnecessary effort on arrival in a new post was to learn the ropes from other expatriates. The logical expatriates to turn to were those they were replacing. However, people on their ...
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... knew he could potentially get wind of what was occurring in the offices through her. This was the very sort of relationship that evidenced the kind of connections people were not supposed to discuss. CRDP's offices took up most of the ...
... knew he could potentially get wind of what was occurring in the offices through her. This was the very sort of relationship that evidenced the kind of connections people were not supposed to discuss. CRDP's offices took up most of the ...
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... knew came to the project midway through its tenure, their career records proved surprisingly representative of expatriates hired by other projects in Somalia. For instance, the team leader, the animal production Ph.D., had worked for ...
... knew came to the project midway through its tenure, their career records proved surprisingly representative of expatriates hired by other projects in Somalia. For instance, the team leader, the animal production Ph.D., had worked for ...
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... knew they were leaving whether their work was finished or not and whether Phase I could be deemed a success or not. Still, whatever controversy Phase II may have generated, any debate about it was, for the long moment, academic. For ...
... knew they were leaving whether their work was finished or not and whether Phase I could be deemed a success or not. Still, whatever controversy Phase II may have generated, any debate about it was, for the long moment, academic. For ...
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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