Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Political Islam and Peacebuilding - Couverture souple

Elmi, Afyare Abdi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745329748 ISBN 13 : 9780745329741

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2010

Synopsis

Somalia has been devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasion and years of civil war, and it has long been without a central government. Against this background of violence, Somali academic Afyare Abdi Elmi, attempts to explain the multiple dimensions of the conflict and find a peace-building consensus. Somalia is a failed state and a Muslim state. This combination means the West assumes that it will become a breeding ground for extremism. The country regularly hits the headlines as a piracy hotspot. This combination of internal division and outside interference makes for an intensely hostile landscape. Elmi shows that only by addressing the problem of the statelessness in the country can the long process of peace begin. He highlights clan identities, Islam and other countries in the region as the key elements in any peace-building effort. This unique account from an author who truly understands Somalia should be required reading for students and academics of international relations and peace / conflict studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Afyare Abdi Elmi teaches at the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University. He is the author of Understanding the Somalia Conflagration (Pluto, 2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745329748
• ISBN 13: 9780745329741
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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