The Somali Challenge : : From Catastrophe to Renewal? / / ed. by Ahmed I. Samatar.
A multifaceted inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the implosion and consequent breakdown of the state and society in Somalia.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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