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Reunification of the Somali People Jack L. Davies |
Band 160 IEE Working Papers
Institute of Development Research and Development
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany 1996
ISBN 3-927276-46-4
ISSN 0934-6058
279 pages
20 February 1995
Published in 1996
3rd Revised Edition
Copyright Davies Consulting GmbH 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001
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Table of Contents |
| Preface | |
| Historical Background on Somali Unity | |
| How the Somalis Lived Before Separation | |
| How the Somalis Became Separated | |
| How the Borders Were Defined | |
| Partial Reunification in 1960 | |
| The Dimensions of Reunification | |
| What Could be Reunified | |
| Ethnical Grounds for Reunification | |
| Economic Grounds for Reunification | |
| The Symmetry of Bilateral Reunification | |
| Sequential Steps for Bilateral Reunification | |
| Repatriation of Refugees After Bilateral Reunification | |
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Our New World Order versus Our Old World Order |
| The Politics and Economics of Reunification | |
| Political Desires of the Somalis for Reunification | |
| Political Desires of the International Community for Reunification | |
| Democracy and Reunification | |
| The Role of Democracy Upon Reunification | |
| Model 1: Democracy in the 1960's | |
| Model 2: Pseudo-Democracy under the Socialist Dictatorship | |
| Model 3: Zero-Party Democracy in the Republic of Somaliland | |
| Model 4: Pseudo-Democracy under the Manifesto Group | |
| Model 5: War-Time Democracy under the SNA | |
| Model 6: Democracy According to the Agreement of 27 March 1993 | |
| Model 7: UN Multi-Party Democracy | |
| Socialism versus Capitalism and Multi-Party Democracy | |
| The Role of Religion in a Democracy | |
| The Role of the International Community in Distorting Reality | |
| Refusal to Admit that a War-of-Liberation Took Place | |
| False Interpretation for the "New Civil War" after January 1991 | |
| Hidden Agendas | |
| The Massive Use of False Propaganda | |
| Lack of Local Consensus on Local History | |
| Creating Multi-Party Democracy in Somalia Today | |
| Summary of Failures and Successes in the Past | |
| Creating Genuine Political Parties in Somalia Today | |
| Weak Mandates of Current Political Factions | |
| Alternatives to Democracy | |
| The Role of the Islamic Religion and Islamic Sharia | |
| Financing New Governments in Somalia | |
| Reunifying the Former Italian Somalia | |
| Goals and Criteria for Measuring Success | |
| Structure of Government | |
| Decentralization of Functions and Political Power | |
| Draft Constitution | |
| Implementation Through a Transitional Government | |
| The Sequence of Steps | |
| Flanking Measures | |
| Federation Between Somaliland and Somalia | |
| The Main Options | |
| A Potential Compromise on the Issue of Federation | |
| The Impact of Somali Reunification Upon its Neighbors | |
| The Relevant Political Situation in Ethiopia | |
| Interactions Between the Political Interests of Somalis and Ethiopia | |
| Bilateral Negotiations Between the RSL and Ethiopia | |
| Bilateral Negotiations Between the RSL and Djibouti | |
| Bilateral Negotiations Between Southern Somalia and Its Neighbors | |
| Multi-lateral Regional Integration for the Whole Horn of Africa | |
| The Next Steps | |
| Appendices | |
| Draft Constitution for the Republic of Somalia | |
| Draft Treaty for a Transitional Federation of Somalia and Somaliland | |
| First Annual Budget for the Republic of Somaliland | |
| The Somali Ethnic Group and Clan System |
© Jack L. Davies 1994, 1995, & 2001
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