Abstract:
State-structures in Somalia is addressing the problem of what a state-structure is, what it
should do and how and why they are being created. The Internal demand for structures
among ordinaries Somalia to provide them security, often conflict with the security
interests that the international society and external actors have in forming a state
structure to promote their own security needs. How successful/unsuccessful statestructure
are formed, their performance and ability to survive is the focus of this thesis.
This thesis concludes that in order to be successful, a state-structure has to be formed
bottom-up though the demand of the local people, and build on accepted local
governance norms. A state-structure imposed top-down by external actors or the
international society will always fail in Somalia due to lack of local legitimacy and
support.
