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Self-reliance or dependency in the Horn of Africa
Abstract
This dissertation is about refugees in Somalia, how they got there, where they came from, and why they stay. It discusses the community development program, the notion of self-reliance and the manipulation of these concepts to create a circumstance of regional dependency. The research puts refugee circumstances in Somalia into a global context of economic and military oppression. Dispelling the myths of poor farm management, drought, overpopulation, and backwardness, war is named as the primary cause of refugee origins worldwide. A major theme of the research is that we live in a corporate warfare/welfare world in which development aid pursues hearts and minds, as well as markets. Within this system, development workers must understand local political/social structures and put them into the context of global political/economic realities.
Subject Area
Social studies education|African history
Recommended Citation
Neilson, Thomas Richard, "Self-reliance or dependency in the Horn of Africa" (1988). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI8822675.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8822675