State-Society Relations and State Capacity in Somalia

Odowa, Abdullahi Mohammed

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49348-6_14

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“…Step-by-step action research that progresses towards change objectives without pre-stated hypotheses is congruent with evolutionary uncertainty in both ecology and economics that limits predictability and, hence, limits what can be pre-stated [15,16]. Here, it is congruent with the evolving uncertainty of Somalia's ecology and its economy [17]. At each stage, rather than define a hypothesis, the first and second authors considered whether or not to proceed further based on whether or not progress was being made towards the objectives, and what more could be done to progress towards the objectives.…”

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Ecological Analyses of Social Sustainability for International Production with Fixed and Moveable Technologies

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Mubarak²,

Adam³

2020

Sustainability

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Mutualism is an ecological concept. Mutualistic relationships are mutually beneficial. However, as found in development geography studies, relationships between different peoples in different parts of the world are often not mutually beneficial. For example, there is lack of mutualism in international production that is dominated by companies that dictate where production is and is not carried out. This lack of mutualism leaves many other countries with little production capacity and persistent widespread unemployment. Thus, international production is not characterized by mutualistic social sustainability. International production has long been framed as being an ecological phenomenon that requires ecological analyses. However, previous social sustainability studies concerned with production have not provided ecological analyses of social sustainability. Rather, previous studies have focused on social theory and related operational practices. By contrast, in this paper, findings are reported from action research concerned with facilitating mutual prosperity growth between a Northern-European country, Finland, and an African fragile state, Somalia. The action research encompassed business development processes and moveable production technologies for mutual prosperity growth between the two countries. Ecological analyses, which were carried out during the action research, are provided of current international production and alternative production with moveable production technologies.

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confidence: 99%