| ID | 103126 |
| Title Proper | Moral economies of mass violence |
| Other Title Information | Somalia 1988-1991 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bakonyi, Jutta |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The focus in the article is on the beginning and expansion of the Somali war between 1988 and 1992. Three patterns and dynamics of mass-mobilisation are comparatively examined: the relatively sudden transformation of the northern guerrilla struggle in a civil war 1988, the expansion of the war to the southern region after 1989 and the mass-upheaval in Mogadishu 1990/91. Although clan-affiliation became a prominent tool to mobilising violence and to framing friends and foes throughout Somalia, the patterns of organising clan-relations within the insurgent movements and between the movements and the non-armed population differed and laid the basis for the different trajectories of violence in the Somali regions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 11, No. 4; Dec 2009: p.434 - 454 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol. 11, No. 4; Dec 2009: p.434 - 454 |
| Key Words | Somali War - 1988-1992 ; Mass Violence ; Somalia ; Sudden ; Civil War - 1988 ; Mogadishu |