Edmund Burke's Theory Of Modern Revolutions

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Prior to 1960, Italy, Britain, and France controlled what is now known as Somalia. Each had control over certain territory. The British took Italian Somaliland during World War II, which led the United Nations to returning trusteeship of the territory to Italy under the premise that Somalia would receive its independence within 10 years (Metz xxii). Edmund Burke’s Theory of Modern Revolutions states four steps a modern country will experience after its independence. The first step of the theory is the country must gain its independence. Following its independence, Burke’s theory states that society will become divided and those that oppose the change will speak out in words or violence or both. The third stage to Edmund Burke’s Theory of Modern Revolutions states that a civil war will break out followed by the fourth step, which includes a group coming to restore law and order, and society ends up in a dictatorship. Somalia had a rough transition from a protectorate state to an independent country and was soon faced with many economical, social, and political hardships. The native Somali’s turned on their government in the early 1990’s and broke into civil …show more content…

Somalia is currently still undergoing its civil war and is yet to have peace established. Many countries as part of the United Nations Peacekeepers have tried to settle the unrest of civil war but were ultimately unsuccessful due to the strength of native terrorist groups. Though some regard Siad Barre as a dictator, the theory states a dictator emerges during the civil war in an attempt to create tranquility. The federal parliamentary republic government that Somalia currently has is yet to establish order. Somalia has managed to avoid stage four of Edmund Burke’s Theory of Modern Revolutions by having such strong clans operating to prevent any government from establishing

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