CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | God, Zakarya Jama |
|---|---|
| Title | The Resistance of the Somalian Society to ???Good Governance??? |
| Summary | Western European Countries have a long history of relationships with the African continent from colonisation to attempts to offer financial, military, developmental or humanitarian assistance. Among the types of modern interventions favoured by the European Union the concept of “Good Governance” occupies a favourite place. This notion is usually attached to the ideas of centralized government, disconnection of politics from economics and stable institutions promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Despite the intuitively adequateness of such policies, their transfer to nations whose political systems is not accustomed to it may meet considerable difficulties. In this thesis the difficulties of transferring the “Good Governance” policies are studied in the specific case of Somalia, an country that became synonymous with the term “failed state”, and continues to resist the European attempts to create stable political institutions and absence of violence it. In Chapter 1, the literature is given and in chapter 2 important concepts such a Good Governance is explained. In Chapter 3, a historical background of Somalia and the European attempts to intervene is provided. This history covers on the one hand periods of colonization, dictatorship, civil war, and Islamic ruling, and on the other hand, the different agreements between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific nations as well as with Somalia. In Chapter 4, the factors responsible for impeding good governance to be implemented are discussed. Dimensions under consideration include the dependence on foreign aid, poverty and inequality, factional fighting, lack of trust in Somalian institutions and foreign intervention, and most importantly lack of knowledge of the Somalian context by the European actors. In Chapter 5, recommendations to improve the stability of the country are provided and discussed shortly. Recommendation 1 is to recognize the autonomy of Somaliland. Recommendation 2 is to better incorporate the Somali Diaspora in the development policy. Recommendation 3 is to allow local governing body to introduce more traditional form of governing that may not be directly in line with European values. |
| Supervisor | Spary, Carol; Kim, Youngmi |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/god_zakarya.pdf |
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