Somali pastoral democracy trained every man as a skilled politician

Evidence

Somali nationalism in fact had gained an impetus and momentum which was to carry it increasingly forward, notwithstanding this continued partition and the continuing force of internal clan rivalries and factionalism. This new political development, moreover, opened a new field for the exercise of traditional Somali political expertise. And certainly few emergent nations could boast a more vigorous and exacting political tradition than that of the democratic pastoral social system where, perforce, every man is a politician and must exercise all his political talents to the uttermost if he is to survive and prosper in this demanding and hostile environment. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 375 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somali nationalism drew strength from a democratic pastoral political tradition — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 375; Somali pastoral society governs democratically without hierarchical chiefs; The Somali process met all three definitional criteria for democracy (+2 more)

Related

• Somali nationalism drew strength from a democratic pastoral political tradition (similarity 0.91)
• Somali pastoral society governs democratically without hierarchical chiefs (similarity 0.91)
• The Somali process met all three definitional criteria for democracy (similarity 0.90)
• Osman credited democratic rule and tribal equilibrium for Somalia’s post-coup stability (similarity 0.87)
• Pastoral Somali governance is democratic almost to the point of anarchy (similarity 0.86)
• Somali sultans were honorific figureheads rather than powerful rulers (similarity 0.83)
• Somali politics and administration advanced in step (similarity 0.82)
• Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste (similarity 0.82)
• Somali cultural nationalism had finally found strong modern political expression. (similarity 0.82)
• Somalia has far more talent than its political system lets surface (similarity 0.81)
• By 1966 Somalia was the only country preserving liberal parliamentary democracy (similarity 0.81)
• Military regime showed uncharacteristic moderation on Somali nationalism for years (similarity 0.80)
• Somali egalitarianism coexists with a stigmatized sab caste (similarity 0.80)
• Shared Somali cultural values plus enlightened leaders enabled building a democratic republic. (similarity 0.80)
• Somalia’s early democratic practice differed from other African leaders in its systematic nature (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Somali pastoral society governs democratically without hierarchical chiefs #corroborates (0.80)
• Somali nationalism drew strength from a democratic pastoral political tradition #corroborates (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 375
• The Somali process met all three definitional criteria for democracy #expands (0.60)
• Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste #qualifies (0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 66
• Osman credited democratic rule and tribal equilibrium for Somalia’s post-coup stability #expands (0.40)