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This Whitehall Paper explores the ways in which Mogadishu's inhabitants try to stay out of harm's way, from security officials in the presidential compound of Villa Somalia to the city's powerful district commissioners, from patrolling policemen to the women road-sweepers in the rubbish-filled alleyways of the Waberi district. Its central proposition is that security is best understood as a coherent relationship or activity based on the need for physical safety today, rather than in the future. It uses the neighbourhood-watch schemes developed in certain districts of Mogadishu - most notably Waberi - to understand the ways in which the city's inhabitants respond to the security models promoted by international advisers.



Table of Contents

Introduction

I. Making Mogadishu Safer

II. Policing Mogadishu

III. Managing Neighbourhood Security

IV. ICT for Community Security

V. Hargeisa’s Modest Experiment

Making Mogadishu Safe

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 31 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9781138326880
      978-1138326880
      ISBN-10 1138326887

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This Whitehall Paper explores the ways in which Mogadishu's inhabitants try to stay out of harm's way, from security officials in the presidential compound of Villa Somalia to the city's powerful district commissioners, from patrolling policemen to the women road-sweepers in the rubbish-filled alleyways of the Waberi district. Its central proposition is that security is best understood as a coherent relationship or activity based on the need for physical safety today, rather than in the future. It uses the neighbourhood-watch schemes developed in certain districts of Mogadishu - most notably Waberi - to understand the ways in which the city's inhabitants respond to the security models promoted by international advisers.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      I. Making Mogadishu Safer

      II. Policing Mogadishu

      III. Managing Neighbourhood Security

      IV. ICT for Community Security

      V. Hargeisa’s Modest Experiment

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