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Globalizing Somalia: Multilateral, International and Transnational Repercussions of Conflict
Contributor(s): Ramsay, Gilbert (Editor), Leonard, Emma (Editor)
ISBN: 1780935692     ISBN-13: 9781780935690
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $45.55  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- Political Science | Security (national & International)
Dewey: 327.677
LCCN: 2013018688
Series: New Directions in Terrorism Studies
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 304 pages
 
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This collection of essays demonstrates how chronic state failure and the inability of the international community to provide a solution to the conflict in Somalia has had transnational repercussions.

Following the failed humanitarian mission in 1992-93, most countries refrained from any direct involvement in Somalia, but this changed in the 2000s with the growth of piracy and links to international terrorist organizations. The deterritorialization of the conflict quickly became apparent as it became transnational in nature. In part because of it lacked a government and was unable to work with the international community, Somalia came to be seen as a testing-ground by many international actors. Globalizing Somalia demonstrates how China, Japan, and the EU, among others, have all used the conflict in Somalia to project power, test the bounds of the national constitution, and test their own military capabilities.

Contributed by international scholars and experts, the work examines the impact of globalization on the internal and external dynamics of the conflict, arguing that it is no longer geographically contained. By bringing together the many actors and issues involved, the book fills a gap in the literature as one of the most complete works on the conflict in Somalia to date. It will be an essential text to any student interested in Somalia and the horn of Africa, as well as in terrorism, and conflict processes.