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Title:State building in de facto States: Somaliland and Puntland compared
Authors:Johnson, Martha C.
Smaker, Meg
Year:2013
Periodical:Africa Today (ISSN 1527-1978)
Volume:60
Issue:4
Pages:3-23
Language:English
Geographic terms:Somalia
Somaliland
Subjects:State formation
State recognition
federalism
External link:https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v060/60.4.johnson.pdf
Abstract:Since the collapse of the Somali State, regional governments in Somaliland and Puntland have engaged in local State building. Studies often compare Somaliland and southern Somalia, but the comparison of Somaliland and Puntland receives less attention. The authors help fill this gap by comparing the State-building impact of Somaliland's pursuit of internationally recognized statehood with that of Puntland's decision to pursue a federalist Somalia. Engaging literature on de facto and unrecognized States, they argue that Somaliland and Puntland share key similarities with regard to security imperatives, revenue scarcity, and democratic challenges, but the quest for international statehood has unified the population and business community behind the Somaliland State and created incentives for its leaders to democratize; in Puntland, by contrast, the government's continuing relationship with Somalia has complicated local State building. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]
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