1st Edition

Critical Realism, Somalia and the Diaspora Community

By Abdullahi Haji-Abdi Copyright 2014
136 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Critical Realism, Somalia and the Diaspora Community  equips new researchers with a simplified knowledge of critical realism suitable to the degree of their comprehension. Moreover, it offers a step by step example of research using all levels of critical realism. This book resulted from the endeavour of a researcher, new to critical realism who, however, sought to apply all parts and... Read more
1. Introduction  Part 1: setting the context  2. Theoretical Context  3. The geo-historical context Part 2: The Somali Diaspora Community in the UK  4. Agency and sustainability 5. The spatio-temporal formation of the SCOs  6. Sustainability leadership learning  Part 3: Somalia, the Diaspora and the Future  7. Kinship, Nationalism, and Islam  8. Conclusion: how is transformed, transformative leadership possible?

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"This book is both timely and highly topical in light of recent UK political wrangling over immigrants’ access to social welfare and, more generally, the lack of consensus regarding the viability of the British model of multiculturalism."— Dr Susan Kerr, Journal of Critical Realism