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Title: | Somaliland: Choosing Politics over Violence |
Authors: | Bradbury, Mark Abokor, Adan Yusuf Yusuf, Haroon Ahmed |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 97 |
Period: | September |
Pages: | 455-478 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Somalia Somaliland |
Subjects: | political change elections 2002 2003 presidential elections Politics and Government |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09 |
Abstract: | Since breaking away from Somalia in 1991, the people of Somaliland have charted a path away from violent conflict towards constitutional politics. Unrecognized by the international community, political reconstruction in Somaliland has largely been an internal affair. While lack of formal recognition has had its costs, it has also given Somalilanders the opportunity to craft a system of government, rooted in their local culture and values, that is appropriate to their needs. For the past decade this has comprised a system of government that fuses traditional forms of social and political organization with Western-style institutions of government. In December 2002 Somaliland took the first step towards changing this system by holding multiparty elections for district councils. These were followed in April 2003 by presidential elections. This paper describes the process of political transition in Somaliland and the first democratic elections in this region for 33 years. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |