Somali Boundaries and the Question of Statehood
The Case of Somaliland in Somalia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20040095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Lewis (0000-0002-3548-0679, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 39-64 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Security, Clans and Tribes (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137470751_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2460100120 |
| ISBN | 9781137470751 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1990, the state of Somalia collapsed. Since then, the country has remained infamous in international development circles as the world’s only truly failed state. However, this assessment shows only part of a far more interesting bigger picture. Not only does Somalia possess four distinct administrative institutions that exhibit varying levels of capacity, but robust clan-based structures have served to maintain surprisingly high levels of law and order in parts of the country. The territory can, therefore, no longer be taken as a single unit of analysis. This chapter takes a closer look at the zonal and local levels of security and governance in Somalia, building towards a better understanding of how these dynamics impact the Gulf of Aden region
Clan · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Somali · State (computer science) · State-building · Unit (ring theory) · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |