Shapeshifter of Somalia
Evolution of the Political Territoriality of Al-Shabaab
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Dobos (0000-0001-8862-2768, Charles University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 937-957 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2016.1208282 |
| OpenAlex | W2484556683 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
The article presents the application of a concept of political territoriality in the case of Al-Shabaab. It first presents territoriality as a human strategy based on control of territory. Hereinafter, the set of criteria for the examination of political territoriality is presented. It concludes that given the development of Al-Shabaab, we can identify three distinct periods connected to the ′organization’s relation to territory: 2006–2008 – defiance; 2009–2011 – supremacy; and 2012–present – withdrawal. The issue of the deterritorialization of Al-Shabaab since 2012 is also connected to the need to enhance the strategies used against the group as it is becoming more connected to population and functional identification than territory
Biology · Deterritorialization · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Territoriality · African history and culture analysis · Communication · Demography · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Ecology
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Human territoriality
The Geography of Ethnic Violence
State Collapse, Al-Shabaab , Islamism, and Legitimacy in Somalia
Grounds for War
Governance without Government in Somalia
Al Shabaab's Foreign Threat to Somalia
Human Territoriality
Toward a Measure of the Functional Effectiveness of a State
Human Territoriality
The crisis in Somalia
Kenya at war
Out of the 'moribund backwater
Peoples Against States
Somalia's Al Shabaab
Exposing and exploiting weaknesses in the merger of Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab
What makes sovereignty a relative concept? Empirical approaches to international society
After Westgate
The Logic of Political Territoriality
A tentative assessment of the SomaliHarakat Al-Shabaab
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |