dc.contributor.advisor | Myers, Garth A | |
dc.contributor.author | Gutale, Abdirahman | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-08 | |
dc.date.available | 2008-09-08 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-07-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2471 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4129 | |
dc.description.abstract | Somalia has been in conflict since January 1991. The approach to explaining the conflict has generally followed the Hobbesian and Schmittian dichotomy with little discussion of institutional failure as a contributing factor. I argue the conflict in South Central Somalia is not among clans. There are three key factors explaining the protraction of South Central conflict. First, the power-sharing model that has been applied in Somali reconciliation conferences since 1991 assumes that the conflict is among clans who are unitary actors; thus, giving all major clans a stake in "an-all-inclusive" transitional governments is thought to be the solution to the conflict. Power-sharing agreements, however, have intensified intraclan struggle for power. Second, the losers of power-sharing agreements have formed alliances of convenience that transcend clans to undermine reconciliation conferences or transitional government that is formed. Third, traditional leaders and informal rules have not been a factor in the success of Somaliland and Puntland, the two most stable regions in Somalia. Rather, their success was the result of the emergence of a dominant group that completed the "state-making" process (Tilly 1980). Hence, I argue, the dominant group model is a better alternative to the power-sharing model to explain stability (Puntland and Somaliland) and persistent conflict (South Central Somalia). | |
dc.format.extent | 92 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Political science | |
dc.subject | International law and relations | |
dc.title | The Alliance Framework: A Micro-level Approach to Diagnose Protracted Conflict in South Central Somalia | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Kennedy, John J | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Ground, Richard L | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | International Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 6857304 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |