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Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Political Islam and Peacebuilding
Afyare Abdi Elmi
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Description for Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Political Islam and Peacebuilding
Hardback. Explains the multiple dimensions of the conflict in Somalia and points the way to a peace-building consensus. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFSR2; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Is peace-building in Somalia possible? Devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasion and years of civil war, Somalia has long been without a central government, against this background of violence and instability, Somali academic Afyare Abdi Elmi, explains the multiple dimensions of the conflict, seeking a peace-building consensus.
Somalia is a failed state and a Muslim state, a combination the West assumes means it's a breeding ground for extremism. Coupled with the country's reputation as a piracy hotspot, this combination of internal division and outside interference makes for an intensely hostile landscape. Elmi shows that only by addressing ... Read more
Is peace-building in Somalia possible? Devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasion and years of civil war, Somalia has long been without a central government, against this background of violence and instability, Somali academic Afyare Abdi Elmi, explains the multiple dimensions of the conflict, seeking a peace-building consensus.
Somalia is a failed state and a Muslim state, a combination the West assumes means it's a breeding ground for extremism. Coupled with the country's reputation as a piracy hotspot, this combination of internal division and outside interference makes for an intensely hostile landscape. Elmi shows that only by addressing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745329758
SKU
V9780745329758
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About Afyare Abdi Elmi
Afyare Abdi Elmi teaches at the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University. He is the author of Understanding the Somalia Conflagration (Pluto, 2010).
Reviews for Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Political Islam and Peacebuilding
'Elmi's contribution is most effective when it examines the Islamic awakening and historicising Islam. ... [the book] provides useful understanding of an important area'
CHOICE 'A timely, topically urgent and well-written book that adds much to the literature on Somali studies'
Ali A. Abdi, University of Alberta 'In this excellent, well-researched work, Elmi gets right to the heart ... Read more
CHOICE 'A timely, topically urgent and well-written book that adds much to the literature on Somali studies'
Ali A. Abdi, University of Alberta 'In this excellent, well-researched work, Elmi gets right to the heart ... Read more