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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... lived nomadic childhoods; now they were living in the capital. Some came from families well-off enough for them to not have to rely solely on civil servant salaries. In general, these tended to be the ideal citizens to not only believe ...
... lived nomadic childhoods; now they were living in the capital. Some came from families well-off enough for them to not have to rely solely on civil servant salaries. In general, these tended to be the ideal citizens to not only believe ...
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... lived. In all I collected life history material from sixty individuals. Interviews were conducted in Somali and English and were rarely dyadic. Not only did I generally have a friend to assist me with the language but friends or family ...
... lived. In all I collected life history material from sixty individuals. Interviews were conducted in Somali and English and were rarely dyadic. Not only did I generally have a friend to assist me with the language but friends or family ...
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... lived in Mogadishu, both before and after July 14. Part 5 then reveals some of the ways in which a number of practices and institutions (relating to marriage, kinship, and connectedness) were both changing and changed by the state into ...
... lived in Mogadishu, both before and after July 14. Part 5 then reveals some of the ways in which a number of practices and institutions (relating to marriage, kinship, and connectedness) were both changing and changed by the state into ...
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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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