The Ideological Contest Over Somali State-building Efforts – Puntland Post
By Liban A. Ahmad There is a risk that the Somali federal system could be transformed into a springboard for prebendal politics in Somalia. The deadlock over the Somali electoral model is a facet of deep ideological contest between two groups in the mainstream Somali politics. John Levi Martin, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, defines ideology as how political actors view “their own position, the nature of their opponents and available strategies, in a political field”. One group gives primacy to the role of the state in making decisions about foreign policy and...
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