The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: The War behind the War

Abstract

Explaining the Somali conflict, Lee Cassanelli local land-use strategies and outsider politics - title registration in the middle Juba Valley, Catherine Besteman the Hubeer in the land of plenty - land, labour and vulnerability in a southern Somali clan, Bernhard Helander the economy of Geedo region and the rise of smallholder agriculture, James Merryman conflictive trade - the effects of export markets on pastoral conflict in southern Somalia, Peter Little resource sharing - smallholders and pastoralists in the lower Shabeelle Valley, Jon Unruh from feast to famine - land, social identity and the State in Somalia's lower Juba Valley, Ken Menkhaus the impact of state agricultural enterprises on resource tenure in the lower Juba, Kathryn Craven women's welfare - an assessment of Somali socialism, Nancy Hawk Merryman conclusion - politics, land and war in southern Somalia, L. Cassanelli and C. Besteman.