Making and breaking states in Africa : the Somali experience / I.M. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, I. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Failed states.

Nation-building.

Somalia--Politics and government--1960-1991.

Somalia.

Politics and government.

Somalia--Politics and government--1991-.

Nation-building--Somalia.

Failed states--Somalia.

Physical Description:

xxii, 287 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Red Sea Press, [2010]

Summary:

This book analyzes crucial episodes in the recent political history of the Somali people. In their complicated dialogue with "modernity", the Somalis illustrate the extremes of modern African statehood. In contemporary "Somalia" which, for twenty years has not been a functional political reality, they have produced a failed state par excellence. In the neighboring and smaller Somaliland Republic, however, they have achieved what is widely regarded as one of the more effective states in the continent. Ironically while dysfunctional Somalia, despite its collapse, is still internationally recognized, functional Somaliland has yet to receive formal recognition--Publisher's description.

Contents:

A lop-sided alliance : Somaliland and Somalia

The bloodless coup

Scientific socialism Somali style

Noises off : Ethiopia and Somalia confront each other in a controversial conference

Restoring hope : the failure of top-down intervention

Making peace from the grass roots : Somaliland's success

Mogadishu scrap merchants form a gangster government : an EU contribution

Visible and invisible differences : the Somali paradox

Charles Geshekter's interview with the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1569022895

9781569022894

1569022909

9781569022900

OCLC:

237887628