Understanding the Somalia Conflagration - Identity, Political Islam and Peacebuilding

Informationen zum Autor Afyare Abdi Elmi teaches at the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University. He is the author of Understanding the Somalia Conflagration (Pluto, 2010). Klappentext 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-born Afyare Abdi Elmi attempts to 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 going to the roots of the conflict 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. Zusammenfassung Explains the multiple dimensions of the conflict in Somalia and points the way to a peace-building consensus.

Product details

• Authors: Afyare Abdi Elmi, Elmi Afyare Abdi
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2010
• EAN: 9780745329758
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2975-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Somalia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Politics & government, Politics and government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities