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A Country Study: Somalia
Library of Congress Call Number
DT401.5 .S68 1993
Somalia
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Country Profile
Country
Geography
Society
Economy
Transportation
Government and Politics
National Security
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Historical Setting
(Said S. Samatar)
The Somalis: Their Origins, Migrations, and Settlement
Coastal Towns
Emergence of Adal
Mogadishu and Its Banaadir Hinterlands
The Somali Peninsula on the Eve of Imperial Partition
The Majeerteen Sultanates
Imperial Partition
Mahammad Abdille Hasau's Dervish Resistance to Colonial Occupation
Consolidation of Colonial Rule
Somalia During World War II
British Military Administration
Trusteeship and Protectorate: The Road to Independence
From Independence to Revolution
Problems of National Integration
Pan-Somalism
Foreign Relations, 1960-69
The Husseen Government
The Igaal Government
Coup d'Etat
The Revolutionary Regime
Supreme Revolutionary Council
Challenges to the Regime
Siad Barre and Scientific Socialism
The Language and Literacy Issue
Creation of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
Somalia's Difficult Decade, 1980-90
Entrenching Siad Barre's Personal Rule
Siad Barre's Repressive Measures
Persecution of the Majeerteen
Oppression of the Isaaq
Harrying of the Hawiye
Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environemnt
(Said S. Samatar)
Physical Setting
Climate
Terrain, Vegetation, and Drainage
Population and Settlement Patterns
The Segmentary Social Order
Samaal
Digil and Rahanwayn
Riverine and Coastal People of Non-Somali Origin
Specialized Occupational Groups
Social Change
Lineage Segmentation and the Somali Civil War
Religious Life
The Tenets of Islam
Religious Roles in Somali Islam
Religious Orders and the Cult of the Saints
Folk Islam and Indigenous Ritual
Islam in the Colonial Era and After
Rising Islamism
Languages and Education
Language
Education
Health
Refugees
Breakdown of the Infrastructure
Chapter 3 - The Economy
(David D. Laitin)
Pastoralism and the Commerce in Historical Perspective
The Colonial Economy
Economic Development, 1960-69
Scientific Socialism, 1970-75
The Socialist Revolution After 1975
From Scientific Socialism to "IMF-ism," 1981-90
Natural Resources and Economic Infrastructure
Land
Energy
Transportation
Communications
The "Real" Somali Economy in the 1980's
Export of Labor
Export of Livestock
Rural Subsistence Sector
Urban Subsistence and Government Employment
Undeveloped Sectors
Plantation Economy
Mining
Forestry
Fishing
Manufacturing
Foreign Trade
Chapter 4 - Government and Politics
(Eric Hooglund)
Government Structure
Constitution
Legislature
Local Government
Legal System
Courts
Political Dynamics
Opposition Movements
Politics of Reconciliation
Politics of Succession
Politics of Disintegration
Mass Media
Foreign Relations
Relations with Other African States
Relations with Arab Countries
Relations with the United States
Other Foreign Relations
Chapter 5 - National Security
(Thomas Ofcansky)
Internation Security Concerns
Irredentism and the Changing Balance of Power
The Ogaden War: Performance and Implications of Defeat
Postwar Status of the Armed Forces
Internal Security Concerns
Government Security Policy
Sources of Opposition
History and Development of the Armed Forces
The Warrior Tradition and Development of a Modern Army
The Armed Forces in National Life
The Military and the Government
The Military and the Economy
Mission, Organization, and Strength
Manpower, Training, and Conditions of Service
Foreign Military Assistance
State Security Services
Somali Police Force (SPF)
People's Militia
National Security Service
Criminal Justice
Penal System
Prison System
Human Rights
Appendix. Tables
Bibliography
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