The Roots of Somali Political Culture

The Elite and the Change in Political Culture of Iran of the Qajar Era, Noorollah Qeysari,Tehran: Center of Islamic Revolution Documents, 2009.

Political culture in Iran, the changes in it, factors causing these changes and their proba-ble outcomes have been of interest to writers and researchers at the present time more than ever; as a result, the concept of political culture, which is a newly developed con-cept in the political studies and research in Iran, is regarded as of great importance in these studies. Similarly, the number of...

Lessons Identified from Somali Piracy

At the time of writing, the number of successful attacks against ships by Somali pirates has reached a five-year low. Whilst the exact reason for the reduction in Somali attacks is unclear, the combined success of the military forces, the use of the industry‟s Best Management Practices (BMP), plus the increased deployment of private armed guards, would all appear to be important factors. The po...

Somali and the Nature of Morphophonological Alternations

Somali is an East Cushitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa, with determiner morphemes whose initial consonants undergo interesting phonological alternations when suffixed onto noun stems. This could be described as a type of “derived environment contact phenomena,” as the changes in these suffix-initial consonants are totally dependent on the final segment of the stem and are not active i...

Women's Rights in Islam and Somali Culture

Relationship Between Political Culture and Social Classes; Case Study, City of Ardabil

    Introduction: One of the factors influencing political development is the orientation of the political system and the political role of the individuals in that society. These political orientations and actions of individuals could be different among social classes. (According to economic and cultural capital) The present study seeks to identify the political culture of social classes. Met...