2008
DOI: 10.1353/jod.0.0009
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The Remarkable Story of Somaliland

Abstract: The chaos in Somalia has obscured a remarkable political development in the country’s north. Somaliland, the secessionist northwestern slice of Somalia which declared its independence in 1991, has held three consecutive competitive elections since 2001, has a parliament controlled by opposition parties, and boasts a burgeoning economy propelled by the private sector. The key to its success—the integration into politics of traditional Somali models of governance by consultation and consent—provides a contrast t… Show more

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“…Even Somaliland, which is often described as a success in statebuilding represents at best a weak state. 75…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even Somaliland, which is often described as a success in statebuilding represents at best a weak state. 75…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, it was further problematised when the Italian administration created a Western‐styled government in the South that established a hierarchical system giving some clans political power over others. This ‘launched a process whereby outsiders and Westernised elites tried to create new, modern institutions that completely ignored traditional societal norms and relationships’ (Kaplan, , p. 146). Samatar (, p. 627) argues that while pre‐colonial Somalia could be considered to be equalitarian and relatively democratic, ‘The imposition of colonial rule on stateless societies, the new dynamics of social relations, and the transformation [or commercialisation] of the pastoral economy’ generated ‘fundamental modifications of pre‐colonial tradition’ that led to competition.…”
Section: The Evolution Of the Somali Conflictmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These polities include national liberation or insurgent movements (Clapham 1995;Ellis and Sechaba 1992), stateless nations (Guibernau 1999;Keating 2001a) and de facto states (Bahcheli et al 2004;Pegg 1998). As perhaps the most 'state-like' of these 'less-than-state' entities de facto states such as Somaliland (Kaplan 2008;Srebrnik 2004), Abkhazia (Walker 2007) and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Navaro-Yashin 2005) are also the unintended byproducts of changing international norms concerning the legitimacy of states. Whilst in 'traditional international law, recognition was acquired only after successfully demonstrating the capacity to govern' (Pegg 1998, 3), following 1945 'rulers can acquire independence solely by virtue of being successors of colonial governments' (Jackson 1990, 34).…”
Section: Contextualising Geopolitical 'Anomalies'mentioning
confidence: 99%