Puntland and Somaliland could be considered as the two only attempts to rebuild a State in Somalia without major involvement of external actors. At least, this is the dominant view, though not shared by the author. Beyond the discussion on this important point, both trajectories illustrate a strategic difference in the way "a Somali State" should be rebuilt. This debate was very apparent in all discussions related to federalism and it has been summed up in the confrontation of two terms: u dhashay versus ku dhashay. The first one refers to people who belong to the clan that claims the ownership of the region. The second refers, on the contrary, to people who are born in the region, without any specific conditions on their clan origin..
Abstract The Somali Republic (as it were before 1991) became independent nation state in July 1960....
The collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991 has fissured the state into three distinct soci...
Within this form of statebuilding bridging the gap of expectations is not only desirable, but is nec...
unique in the continent as the nation and the state nearly overlapped. The population shared many so...
none1noThis paper is concerned with the theoretical analysis of the legitimacy challenges faced by t...
The reconstruction of a larger polity in a violence‐torn society such as Somalia requires negotiatio...
Somalia was an artificial colonial construct and had no depth of state formation. Although supposedl...
Nation-states are described as failed states when they fall into internal violence,stop providing af...
The stabilization of Somaliland in 1992-1993 illustrates a unique, indigenous produced,\ud process o...
This study examines genesis of the Somali instability and causes of the protracted conflicts in the ...
In the era of ‘new wars’ and state-failure, the state-building paradigm have shifted from the normat...
Two distinct regions divide modern-day Somalia. On one hand, this division is geographical. On the o...
The continuing debate among social and political commentators over the federalism in one -ethnic com...
Abstract This study addresses two macro issues, which concern politics and state affairs in post-c...
In this report, the author attempts a sociological analysis on the formation of the region of Puntla...
Abstract The Somali Republic (as it were before 1991) became independent nation state in July 1960....
The collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991 has fissured the state into three distinct soci...
Within this form of statebuilding bridging the gap of expectations is not only desirable, but is nec...
unique in the continent as the nation and the state nearly overlapped. The population shared many so...
none1noThis paper is concerned with the theoretical analysis of the legitimacy challenges faced by t...
The reconstruction of a larger polity in a violence‐torn society such as Somalia requires negotiatio...
Somalia was an artificial colonial construct and had no depth of state formation. Although supposedl...
Nation-states are described as failed states when they fall into internal violence,stop providing af...
The stabilization of Somaliland in 1992-1993 illustrates a unique, indigenous produced,\ud process o...
This study examines genesis of the Somali instability and causes of the protracted conflicts in the ...
In the era of ‘new wars’ and state-failure, the state-building paradigm have shifted from the normat...
Two distinct regions divide modern-day Somalia. On one hand, this division is geographical. On the o...
The continuing debate among social and political commentators over the federalism in one -ethnic com...
Abstract This study addresses two macro issues, which concern politics and state affairs in post-c...
In this report, the author attempts a sociological analysis on the formation of the region of Puntla...
Abstract The Somali Republic (as it were before 1991) became independent nation state in July 1960....
The collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991 has fissured the state into three distinct soci...
Within this form of statebuilding bridging the gap of expectations is not only desirable, but is nec...
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