The Somali Challenge : : From Catastrophe to Renewal? / / ed. by Ahmed I. Samatar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Afrax, Maxamed D.,; Kapteijns, Lidwien,; Lyons, Terrence,; Mirreh, Hassan A.,; Razvson, David,; Samatar, Abdi I.,; Samatar, Ahmed I.,; Wisner, Ben,
• HerausgeberIn: Samatar, Ahmed I. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Somali Orthography --; Part I Preliminaries --; 1 Introduction and Overview --; 2 On Providing for the Future --; Part 2 Livelihood and the Catastrophe --; 3 Jilaal, Gu, Hagaa, and Der: Living with the Somali Land, and Living Well --; 4 Empty Bowl: Agrarian Political Economy in Transition and the Crises of Accumulation --; Part 3 Governance, International Relations, and the Catastrophe --; 5 The Curse of Allah: Civic Disembowelment and the Collapse of the State in Somalia --; 6 Dealing with Disintegration: U.S. Assistance and the Somali State --; 7 Crises on Multiple Levels: Somalia and the Horn of Africa --; Part 4 Culture and the Catastrophe --; 8 Women and the Crisis of Communal Identity: The Cultural Construction of Gender in Somali History --; 9 The Mirror of Culture: Somali Dissolution Seen Through Oral Expression --; Appendix: The Somali Challenge: Peace, Resources, and Reconstruction Conference Recommendations --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Contributors --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685856632; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685856632
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Ahmed I. Samatar.

A multifaceted inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the implosion and consequent breakdown of the state and society in Somalia.