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Author : Farzana Haniffa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 9559979604
Author : Qadri Ismail
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781452906591
Ismail demonstrates that the problems in Sri Lanka raise fundamental concerns regarding the relationship between democracies and minorities. He redefines the concept of minority, not as numerical insignificance, but as conceptual space where distinction without domination can be achieved.
Author : Amita Shastri,A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136118746
This text discusses the principal political and constitutional questions that have arisen in the states of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka following fifty years of independence. In Sri Lanka the pressing problems have been around the inter-ethnic civil war, experiments with constitutional designs, widespread prevalence of corruption and the recrudescence of Buddhist militancy. In India it has been corruption, Hindu nationalism and general political instability. In Bangladesh and Pakistan it has been the role of the military, the state and religion. A general theme is an analysis of the malaise that is prevalent and how and why this was inherited, despite the colonial legacy of parliamentary democracy, the steel framework of a trained bureaucracy, the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.
Author : Kristian Stokke,Jayadeva Uyangoda
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857286499
The present book uses Sri Lanka’s failed attempt at negotiating peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to examine the politics of state and market reforms towards liberal peace. Sri Lanka is seen as a critical case that demonstrates key characteristics and shortcomings of liberal peace, vividly demonstrated by internationally facilitated elite negotiations and donor-funded neoliberal development.
Author : Rajesh Venugopal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108428798
Examines the relationship between the ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka.
Author : Kieran McEvoy,Lorna McGregor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847314420
Although relatively new as a distinct field of study, transitional justice has become rapidly established as a vital field of enquiry. From vaguely exotic origins on the outer edges of political science, the study of 'justice' in times of transition has emerged as a central concern of scholarship and practical policy-making. A process of institutionalisation has confirmed this importance. The ICTY, the ICTR, the ICC, hybrid tribunals in Sierra Leone and East Timor and 'local' processes such as the Iraqi Higher Tribunal (IHT) have energised international law and international criminal justice scholarship. The South African TRC was for a time lauded as the model for dealing with the past and remains one of the most researched institutions in the world. It is one of approximately two dozen such institutions established in different transitional contexts over the past twenty years to assist conflicted societies to come to terms with a violent past. At the national level, international donors contribute huge sums of money to 'Rule of Law' programmes designed to transform national justice systems. This collection seeks to offer something quite different to the mainstream of scholarship in this area, emphasising the need for bespoke solutions to different transitions rather than 'off the shelf' models. The collection is designed to offer a space for diversity, prompted by a series of perspectives "from below" of societies beset by past violent conflict which have sought to effect their transition to justice. In doing so the contributors have also sought to enrich discussion about the role of human rights in transition, the continuing usefulness of perspectives from above, and the still contested meanings of "transition".
Author : Susanne Schroeter
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004242920
The volume is the first comprehensive compilation of texts on gender constructions, normative gender orders and their religious legitimizations, as well as current gender policies in Islamic Southeast Asia and contributes on current debates on gender and Islam.
Author : Jayadeva Uyangoda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131697547
Author : Russell W. Glenn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317592761
This book critically examines the Western approach to counter-insurgency in the post-colonial era and offers a series of recommendations to address current shortfalls. The author argues that current approaches to countering insurgency rely too heavily on conflicts from the post-World War II years of waning colonialism. Campaigns conducted over half a century ago – Malaya, Aden, and Kenya among them – remain primary sources on which the United States, British, Australian, and other militaries build their guidance for dealing with insurgent threats, this though both the character of those threats and the conflict environment are significantly different than was the case in those earlier years. This book addresses the resulting inconsistencies by offering insights, analysis, and recommendations drawn from campaigns more applicable to counter-insurgency today. Eight post-colonial conflicts; to include Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Colombia and Iraq; provide the basis for analysis. All are examples in which counterinsurgents attained or continue to demonstrate considerable progress when taking on enterprises better known for disaster and disappointment. Recommendations resulting from these analyses challenge entrenched beliefs to serve as the impetus for essential change. Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency will be of much interest to students of counter-insurgencies, military and strategic studies, security studies and IR in general.
Author : Gabriele Koehler,Deepta Chopra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136731051
This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this reflects about the nature of the state in each of these countries. It offers a detailed analysis of the nature of these policies introduced in recent years in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and illustrates the similarities and differences in policy approaches amongst the six countries. Through this analysis, the book explores the thesis of whether there is a particular type of ‘developmental welfare state’ that can be observed across South Asia. The focus is on social policies or policies designed to address poverty and deliver welfare at the level of programming and design, i.e. the stated intent of these policies. The book also presents an analysis of the fiscal space available in each of the six countries, thereby drawing conclusions about the financial feasibility of a ‘developmental welfare state’ model in the region. This comprehensive book uniquely explores critical aspects of policy debates on a possible move from welfare to ‘rights’. It introduces students and researchers in development studies, social policy and South Asian studies to innovative welfare programmes in South Asia and gives a new perspective on the nature and patterns of welfare in South Asia with the view of tackling inequality and promoting well-being.
Author : Ishtiaq Ahmed
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1855675781
Preface
Author : Haraprasad Chattopadhyaya,S. K. Sarkar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ethnic conflict
ISBN : PSU:000058091524
Author : Ranabir Samaddar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351883849
Offering a detailed analysis of post-colonial South Asia, The Politics of Dialogue discusses the creation and impact of borders and the pervasive tension between the new nations. Neither all-out war nor complete peace, this fragile condition makes political leaders and strategists feel claustrophobic - a war produces an end result but peace allows the rulers to carry out their policies for governing along their preferred path of development. The book shows how cartographic, communal and political lines are not only dividing countries, but that they are being replicated within countries, creating new visible and invisible internal frontiers. It argues that, in a situation where geopolitics constrains democracy, the political class becomes incapable of coping with the tension between the inside/outside, eg democracy appears as an internal problem and geopolitics appears as a problem related to the 'outside'.
Author : Damien Kingsbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136639968
This book provides a study of the war by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to create a separate state in Sri Lanka. It examines the ways in which this war should, in principle, have invoked ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principles, as well as the political, legal and practical problems involved and, ultimately, why the international community failed to act. Over the years there have been several events, including those in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Darfur, and Kosovo, that have led the international community to accept a responsibility to protect. However, despite its overwhelming preliminary endorsement, the principles of this concept are still not universally sanctioned and there are some strong international opponents, including some countries that were initial signatories of the convention. By considering the example of Sri Lanka, the text focuses on what conditions could satisfy or demand the application of responsibility to protect. It further presents a case as to why this conflict was, and may still be, the normative responsibility of the international community. Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect will be of great interest to students of South-East Asian politics, human rights, international law, ethnic conflict, security studies and IR in general.
Author : Ronojoy Sen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009180252
An institutional history of Indian parliament, democracy and politics combining archival materials, interviews and visuals.