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Conference paper | Leiden University catalogue |
Title: | The role of democratic governance versus sectarian politics in Somalia: proceedings of the 9th annual conference on the Horn of Africa, Lund, Sweden, June 4-6, 2010 |
Editor: | Johansson Dahre, Ulf |
Year: | 2011 |
Pages: | 277 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Lund |
Publisher: | Lund University |
ISBN: | 9172673273; 9789172673274 |
Geographic term: | Somalia |
Subjects: | political change peacebuilding capacity building conference papers (form) 2010 |
External link: | http://www.sirclund.se/Dokument/Conf2010wCov.pdf |
Abstract: | The 9th annual SIRC/LuHAF (Somalia International Rehabilitation Centre/Lund Horn of Africa Forum) conference on Somalia, which was held in Lund, June 4-6, 2010, focused on the reconstruction of democracy in a context of sectarian politics. The purpose was to enhance the capacity of stakeholders in Somalia to act effectively in the processes of peacebuilding, development of democracy and good governance. After a number of political statements, these proceedings contain the following research reports: Somalia and the international community: facing reality (David H. Shinn); Political economy of State failure: the case of Somalia (Abdirashid A. Ismail); Internal crisis and external actors in Somalia (Mohamed Abdi Adam); Faith, politics, and governance in Somalia: the straight path (Abdi Ismail Samatar); Nationalism, decolonization and 'new humanism': Somalia - a nation in waiting, a State in the making (Faowsia Warsame); Promoting rule of law in an era of 're-islamization' in Somalai (Abdul Wahid Sh. Qalinle); Somalia's governance glitch: Islam versus democracy (Abdullahi Jama Hussein); The militarization of Somalia and the geopolitics of war on sea piracy (Amina Mire); The role of democratic governance versus sectarian politics in Somalia (Ali Hashi Dorre); The anatomy of al-Shabaab (Abdirahman 'Aynte' Ali); Beyond federalism: which concept of decentralization reflects best the needs of Somalia? (Markus Böckenförde); Human security, informal rules and empowerment towards developing/enabling institutions (Souraya H. Houssein); The role of environmental resource scarcity in the Somali crisis (Abdullahi Elmi Mohamed); Let's think the impossible! Alternative scenarios against human insecurity in Somalia (Valeria Saggiomo); The issue of youth engaged in fighting forces in Somalia: a review of their present and future (Lilla Schumicky). Recommendations. [ASC Leiden abstract] |