| Description |
xix, 289 p. : ill., map. |
| Series |
African social studies series, 1568-1263 ; v. 26 |
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African social studies series ; v. 26.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Places that do not exist -- Challenging received notions of statehood, state failure and state-building -- The failing state: What has clan got to do with it? -- The emergence of the Somali national movement as a clan-supported opposition force -- Clan elders and the forging of a hybrid state -- 'At the centre of peace and war': pragmatic state building under the Egal government, 1993-1997 -- Looking like a proper state -- Claiming the eastern borderlands -- Egal's political and institutional tailpiece -- Somaliland as a model for building proper states?. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Nation-building -- Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- )
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Newly independent states -- Africa, Northeast.
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Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ) -- Politics and government.
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Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004218482 (pbk. alk. paper) |
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9789004222540 (electronic bk.) |
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