Somalia: A Case Study in Nation Building
Among Muslim nations, few have achieved an international standard of good governance. Somalia, completely dismembered by European colonial power, and now reduced to nearly total anarchy by the generation of post-independence rule, is desperately in need of help. After a thorough analysis of rece...
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my-upm-ir.82242023-12-19T07:45:07Z Somalia: A Case Study in Nation Building 2000 Elmi, Ahmed Hashi Among Muslim nations, few have achieved an international standard of good governance. Somalia, completely dismembered by European colonial power, and now reduced to nearly total anarchy by the generation of post-independence rule, is desperately in need of help. After a thorough analysis of recent aid efforts, it is concluded that only the Somalis can rescue themselves. An in depth interview was conducted on a select group of Somali and Malaysian intellectuals and diplomats. A first-hand observation was organized into a chronology of events during the post-independence years, and then this data was analysed in detail. The thesis findings involve a two-fold failure. Almost unaccountably, President Siyad Bare's post-independence rule quickly degenerated from an Islamic ideology expressed in "scientific socialist" political form, into a totally anarchy involving the worst forms of corruption, nepotism and tribalism. This is The first failure in domestic nation building process. The second failure is the failure of the international community to render aid to the suffering and starving Somali people in any effective way. The panels of informants have elucidated many factors contributing to both the domestic and international failures. From their comments and commentaries, it become clear that individual initiative and the African based solution would is the only hope to resolve the problem of nation building in Somalia. Free market initiatives from the people themselves, as well as self-help social and educational programs; have already begun to appear out of the chaos. Given time, patience, and non-intrusive support from others, the Somalian have the potential to make these programmes successfully for nation building. Nation building - Somalia - Case studies Political aspects - Somalia 2000 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8224/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8224/1/FEM_2000_1_IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Nation building - Somalia - Case studies Political aspects - Somalia Faculty of Human Ecology Ahmad, Md Bohari English |
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Among Muslim nations, few have achieved an international standard of
good governance. Somalia, completely dismembered by European
colonial power, and now reduced to nearly total anarchy by the
generation of post-independence rule, is desperately in need of help. After
a thorough analysis of recent aid efforts, it is concluded that only the
Somalis can rescue themselves.
An in depth interview was conducted on a select group of Somali and
Malaysian intellectuals and diplomats. A first-hand observation was
organized into a chronology of events during the post-independence
years, and then this data was analysed in detail. The thesis findings
involve a two-fold failure. Almost unaccountably, President Siyad Bare's
post-independence rule quickly degenerated from an Islamic ideology
expressed in "scientific socialist" political form, into a totally anarchy
involving the worst forms of corruption, nepotism and tribalism. This is The first failure in domestic nation building process. The second failure is
the failure of the international community to render aid to the suffering
and starving Somali people in any effective way.
The panels of informants have elucidated many factors contributing to
both the domestic and international failures. From their comments and
commentaries, it become clear that individual initiative and the African based
solution would is the only hope to resolve the problem of nation
building in Somalia.
Free market initiatives from the people themselves, as well as self-help
social and educational programs; have already begun to appear out of the
chaos. Given time, patience, and non-intrusive support from others, the
Somalian have the potential to make these programmes successfully for
nation building. |
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