Abdi Ismail Samatar
Biographic Data
| ID | 201222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdi Ismail Samatar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdi Ismail |
| FAMILY NAME | Samatar |
| SIGNATURE | SAMATAR A I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 206 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Africa: Beware of Obama's Second Term
Obama's rise to the U.S. presidency in 2008 gave many supporters of Africa the false hope that U.S. policy toward Africa would become more progressive. When such a shift failed to transpire, advocates argued that the major economic crisis in the U.S. monopolized the president's attention and that his second term would create new opportunities for the continent. These claims failed to take into account the deep-rooted U.S. interests that dominate …
Human encumbrances and African vulnerabilities
The early morning phone call: Somali refugees' remittances
The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia: The rich versus the poor
Somali piracy has been poorly understood and consequently the international strategy designed to curtail it has not worked. Because of this mismatch some of the pirates have extended their exploits deep into the Indian Ocean. This article provides an analysis which shows that several pirate types driven by different logics have operated along the Somali coast and all but one of these pirates emerged as a result of the Somali state's disintegratio…
Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective by David Turton (ed.)
Ethiopian federalism: Autonomy versus control in the Somali region
This study examines the relationship between Ethiopia's federal and regional authorities since the Tigray led regime came to power in 1991. The redivision of Ethiopia into ethnic regions was aimed to effect two changes: to abolish certain ethnic domination of the state; and to enable various communities to govern their local affairs. Using material from the Somali Region, this article evaluates whether ethnic‐based regional authorities have suffi…
The African State: Reconsiderations
Somali Reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University
Botswana: The Road to Independence
An African miracle: State and class leadership and colonial legacy in Botswana development
Development geography and the third-world state
Soon after the third-world state was declared impotent, contradictory evidence pointing to the importance of state leadership in development in the Asian miracles came to the fore. This article, through a critical review of the literature, pushes this argument further and claims that geographers have much to contribute to the analysis of the state and its role in development. An appropriate framework for this kind of work is a marriage of radical…
Leadership and ethnicity in the making of African state models: Botswana versus Somalia
(1997). Leadership and ethnicity in the making of African state models: Botswana versus Somalia. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 687-708
The Horn of Africa
Industrial Strategy and the African State: The Botswana Experience
RésuméCet article réexamine les relations entre le degré et le genre d'intervention gouvernementale et de développement industriel en Afrique. Trois périodes distinctes de l'Etat Africain et de l'histoire industrielle sont identifiées depuis l'indépendance. Les années 1960 se sont caractérisées par une croissance industrielle modeste et un état prenant en main la direction du pays. La décennie suivante a indiqué la même stratégie d'une direction …
Class and Effective State Institutions: The Botswana Meat Commission
Thefailure of the African state, capitalist or socialist, to induce successful economic transformation has led to attempts by neo-liberal institutions and scholars to jettison it out of the business of economic development except in the form of 'night watchman'.1The minimalist strategy which is at the heart of such efforts ignores the historical evidence that sustained accumulation and development anywhere has been the product of either a capital…
The State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia 1884-1986
Structural Adjustment as Development Strategy? Bananas, Boom, and Poverty in Somalia
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have become the most powerful macroeconomic development strategists in the Third World. Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) is the code term for t
Destruction of State and Society in Somalia: Beyond the Tribal Convention
One of the casualties of the gruesome nightmare that is gripping Somalia has been the capacity to think historically and systematically about the nature of the malady, and to find practical ways of controlling the present in order to build a more sustainable future. As explained by Ahmed Samatar: 'the fullness of understanding a given situation is [not] coterminous with the immediate and experiential.Rather, any visible elements of a particular r…
Social Classes and Economic Restructuring in Pastoral Africa: Somali Notes
Recent scholarship on pastoral societies in Africa indicates that qualitative changes are taking place in their economies (Picard 1980; Galaty and Salzman 1981; Swift 1982; Toulmin 1984; Sutter, 1987; Behnke 1984; Little 1985; Rigby 1985; Kelley 1987; Munei 1987). Although this literature shows that these changes are largely induced by urban groups, such as merchants and state bureaucrats who invade the pastoral range, it nevertheless fails to th…
The State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia, 1884-1986
The Political Economy of Livestock Marketing in Northern Somalia
The predominant form of economic livelihood in semi-arid Somalia is pastoral livestock production. Two-thirds of the nation's population participate in the pastoral economy, and livestock-related exports account for more than 70 percent of Somalia's foreign exchange earnings in a given year. In 1981, for example, 91 percent of Somalia's hard currency inflow came from the export of live animals. During the last fifty years, however, the nature of …
The Material Roots of the Suspended African State: Arguments from Somalia
In this historical conjuncture of profound socio-economic disorders, the condition of the peoples of the so-called periphery is as desperate as it has ever been. Understanding the making and nature of their predicament is certainly one of the most basic conundrums in development studies in general, and the study of Africa in particular. A useful way of looking at the continent's dilemma is to focus on two broad factors: structural constraints and…
Merchant Capital, International Livestock Trade and Pastoral Development in Somalia
L'introduction du capital marchand a changé certains aspects de la production pastorale pré-capitaliste en Somalie mais a fait peu ou rien pour améliorer la productivité. La croissance du marché d'exportation saoudien dans les années 60 et 70 a rapporté de beaux profits à certains marchands de bétail somaliens. La concurrence avec d'autres producteurs (particulièrement les australiens), ajoutée a la chute du prix du pétrole, a fait baissé les pri…
An African miracle: State and class leadership and colonial legacy in Botswana development
Destruction of State and Society in Somalia: Beyond the Tribal Convention
One of the casualties of the gruesome nightmare that is gripping Somalia has been the capacity to think historically and systematically about the nature of the malady, and to find practical ways of controlling the present in order to build a more sustainable future. As explained by Ahmed Samatar: 'the fullness of understanding a given situation is [not] coterminous with the immediate and experiential.Rather, any visible elements of a particular r…
Development geography and the third-world state
Soon after the third-world state was declared impotent, contradictory evidence pointing to the importance of state leadership in development in the Asian miracles came to the fore. This article, through a critical review of the literature, pushes this argument further and claims that geographers have much to contribute to the analysis of the state and its role in development. An appropriate framework for this kind of work is a marriage of radical…
The State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia, 1884-1986
Ethiopian federalism: Autonomy versus control in the Somali region
This study examines the relationship between Ethiopia's federal and regional authorities since the Tigray led regime came to power in 1991. The redivision of Ethiopia into ethnic regions was aimed to effect two changes: to abolish certain ethnic domination of the state; and to enable various communities to govern their local affairs. Using material from the Somali Region, this article evaluates whether ethnic‐based regional authorities have suffi…
The Material Roots of the Suspended African State: Arguments from Somalia
In this historical conjuncture of profound socio-economic disorders, the condition of the peoples of the so-called periphery is as desperate as it has ever been. Understanding the making and nature of their predicament is certainly one of the most basic conundrums in development studies in general, and the study of Africa in particular. A useful way of looking at the continent's dilemma is to focus on two broad factors: structural constraints and…
Social Classes and Economic Restructuring in Pastoral Africa: Somali Notes
Recent scholarship on pastoral societies in Africa indicates that qualitative changes are taking place in their economies (Picard 1980; Galaty and Salzman 1981; Swift 1982; Toulmin 1984; Sutter, 1987; Behnke 1984; Little 1985; Rigby 1985; Kelley 1987; Munei 1987). Although this literature shows that these changes are largely induced by urban groups, such as merchants and state bureaucrats who invade the pastoral range, it nevertheless fails to th…
The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia: The rich versus the poor
Somali piracy has been poorly understood and consequently the international strategy designed to curtail it has not worked. Because of this mismatch some of the pirates have extended their exploits deep into the Indian Ocean. This article provides an analysis which shows that several pirate types driven by different logics have operated along the Somali coast and all but one of these pirates emerged as a result of the Somali state's disintegratio…
Botswana: The Road to Independence
Leadership and ethnicity in the making of African state models: Botswana versus Somalia
(1997). Leadership and ethnicity in the making of African state models: Botswana versus Somalia. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 687-708
Somali Reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University
Industrial Strategy and the African State: The Botswana Experience
RésuméCet article réexamine les relations entre le degré et le genre d'intervention gouvernementale et de développement industriel en Afrique. Trois périodes distinctes de l'Etat Africain et de l'histoire industrielle sont identifiées depuis l'indépendance. Les années 1960 se sont caractérisées par une croissance industrielle modeste et un état prenant en main la direction du pays. La décennie suivante a indiqué la même stratégie d'une direction …
Class and Effective State Institutions: The Botswana Meat Commission
Thefailure of the African state, capitalist or socialist, to induce successful economic transformation has led to attempts by neo-liberal institutions and scholars to jettison it out of the business of economic development except in the form of 'night watchman'.1The minimalist strategy which is at the heart of such efforts ignores the historical evidence that sustained accumulation and development anywhere has been the product of either a capital…
The Political Economy of Livestock Marketing in Northern Somalia
The predominant form of economic livelihood in semi-arid Somalia is pastoral livestock production. Two-thirds of the nation's population participate in the pastoral economy, and livestock-related exports account for more than 70 percent of Somalia's foreign exchange earnings in a given year. In 1981, for example, 91 percent of Somalia's hard currency inflow came from the export of live animals. During the last fifty years, however, the nature of …
Structural Adjustment as Development Strategy? Bananas, Boom, and Poverty in Somalia
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have become the most powerful macroeconomic development strategists in the Third World. Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) is the code term for t
Africa: Beware of Obama's Second Term
Obama's rise to the U.S. presidency in 2008 gave many supporters of Africa the false hope that U.S. policy toward Africa would become more progressive. When such a shift failed to transpire, advocates argued that the major economic crisis in the U.S. monopolized the president's attention and that his second term would create new opportunities for the continent. These claims failed to take into account the deep-rooted U.S. interests that dominate …
The early morning phone call: Somali refugees' remittances
The Material Roots of the Suspended African State: Arguments from Somalia
In this historical conjuncture of profound socio-economic disorders, the condition of the peoples of the so-called periphery is as desperate as it has ever been. Understanding the making and nature of their predicament is certainly one of the most basic conundrums in development studies in general, and the study of Africa in particular. A useful way of looking at the continent's dilemma is to focus on two broad factors: structural constraints and…
Merchant Capital, International Livestock Trade and Pastoral Development in Somalia
L'introduction du capital marchand a changé certains aspects de la production pastorale pré-capitaliste en Somalie mais a fait peu ou rien pour améliorer la productivité. La croissance du marché d'exportation saoudien dans les années 60 et 70 a rapporté de beaux profits à certains marchands de bétail somaliens. La concurrence avec d'autres producteurs (particulièrement les australiens), ajoutée a la chute du prix du pétrole, a fait baissé les pri…
The Political Economy of Livestock Marketing in Northern Somalia
The predominant form of economic livelihood in semi-arid Somalia is pastoral livestock production. Two-thirds of the nation's population participate in the pastoral economy, and livestock-related exports account for more than 70 percent of Somalia's foreign exchange earnings in a given year. In 1981, for example, 91 percent of Somalia's hard currency inflow came from the export of live animals. During the last fifty years, however, the nature of …
The State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia, 1884-1986
Destruction of State and Society in Somalia: Beyond the Tribal Convention
One of the casualties of the gruesome nightmare that is gripping Somalia has been the capacity to think historically and systematically about the nature of the malady, and to find practical ways of controlling the present in order to build a more sustainable future. As explained by Ahmed Samatar: 'the fullness of understanding a given situation is [not] coterminous with the immediate and experiential.Rather, any visible elements of a particular r…
Social Classes and Economic Restructuring in Pastoral Africa: Somali Notes
Recent scholarship on pastoral societies in Africa indicates that qualitative changes are taking place in their economies (Picard 1980; Galaty and Salzman 1981; Swift 1982; Toulmin 1984; Sutter, 1987; Behnke 1984; Little 1985; Rigby 1985; Kelley 1987; Munei 1987). Although this literature shows that these changes are largely induced by urban groups, such as merchants and state bureaucrats who invade the pastoral range, it nevertheless fails to th…
Structural Adjustment as Development Strategy? Bananas, Boom, and Poverty in Somalia
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have become the most powerful macroeconomic development strategists in the Third World. Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) is the code term for t
The State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia 1884-1986
Class and Effective State Institutions: The Botswana Meat Commission
Thefailure of the African state, capitalist or socialist, to induce successful economic transformation has led to attempts by neo-liberal institutions and scholars to jettison it out of the business of economic development except in the form of 'night watchman'.1The minimalist strategy which is at the heart of such efforts ignores the historical evidence that sustained accumulation and development anywhere has been the product of either a capital…
Development geography and the third-world state
Soon after the third-world state was declared impotent, contradictory evidence pointing to the importance of state leadership in development in the Asian miracles came to the fore. This article, through a critical review of the literature, pushes this argument further and claims that geographers have much to contribute to the analysis of the state and its role in development. An appropriate framework for this kind of work is a marriage of radical…
Leadership and ethnicity in the making of African state models: Botswana versus Somalia
(1997). Leadership and ethnicity in the making of African state models: Botswana versus Somalia. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 687-708
The Horn of Africa
Industrial Strategy and the African State: The Botswana Experience
RésuméCet article réexamine les relations entre le degré et le genre d'intervention gouvernementale et de développement industriel en Afrique. Trois périodes distinctes de l'Etat Africain et de l'histoire industrielle sont identifiées depuis l'indépendance. Les années 1960 se sont caractérisées par une croissance industrielle modeste et un état prenant en main la direction du pays. La décennie suivante a indiqué la même stratégie d'une direction …
An African miracle: State and class leadership and colonial legacy in Botswana development
Somali Reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University
Botswana: The Road to Independence
The African State: Reconsiderations
Ethiopian federalism: Autonomy versus control in the Somali region
This study examines the relationship between Ethiopia's federal and regional authorities since the Tigray led regime came to power in 1991. The redivision of Ethiopia into ethnic regions was aimed to effect two changes: to abolish certain ethnic domination of the state; and to enable various communities to govern their local affairs. Using material from the Somali Region, this article evaluates whether ethnic‐based regional authorities have suffi…
Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective by David Turton (ed.)
The Dialectics of Piracy in Somalia: The rich versus the poor
Somali piracy has been poorly understood and consequently the international strategy designed to curtail it has not worked. Because of this mismatch some of the pirates have extended their exploits deep into the Indian Ocean. This article provides an analysis which shows that several pirate types driven by different logics have operated along the Somali coast and all but one of these pirates emerged as a result of the Somali state's disintegratio…
The early morning phone call: Somali refugees' remittances
Human encumbrances and African vulnerabilities
Africa: Beware of Obama's Second Term
Obama's rise to the U.S. presidency in 2008 gave many supporters of Africa the false hope that U.S. policy toward Africa would become more progressive. When such a shift failed to transpire, advocates argued that the major economic crisis in the U.S. monopolized the president's attention and that his second term would create new opportunities for the continent. These claims failed to take into account the deep-rooted U.S. interests that dominate …
Political science (21 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (9 works) · State (computer science (9 works) · African history and culture analysis (8 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Geography (7 works)