RT Journal Article
SR 00
A1 Azam, Jean-Paul
T1 The Birth of a Democracy: Homegrown Bicameralism in Somaliland
JF Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
YR 2014
FD 2014-04
VO vol. 20
IS n° 2
SP 245
OP 266
K1 Peace
K1 democracy
K1 Somaliland
AB Somaliland has recently developed an unexpected democracy after seceding from chaos-ridden Somalia, while turning its port of Berbera into a success story, competing successfully with the long established ones in the Horn of Africa. A simple game-theoretic model is used to explain why the home-grown bicameral democratic system that emerged in Somaliland is a key factor in controlling violence and providing the required security along the transport infrastructure linking Berbera to neighboring landlocked Ethiopia. The model shows that redistributing some of the fiscal resources levied on this trade is necessary for sustaining this efficient political equilibrium.
PB De Gruyter
SN 1079-2457
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/15881/
UL http://tse-fr.eu/pub/28108