The Political Economy Of Ethnic Conflict In Sri Lanka

Author : Nikolaos Biziouras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317805526

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The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Nikolaos Biziouras Pdf

At the point of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was projected to be a success story in the developing world. However, in July 1983 a violent ethnic conflict which pitted the Sinhalese against the Tamils began, and did not come to an end until 2009. This conflict led to nearly 50,000 combatant deaths and approximately 40,000 civilian deaths, as well as almost 1 million internally-displaced refugees and to the permanent migration abroad of nearly 130,000 civilians. With a focus on Sri Lanka, this book explores the political economy of ethnic conflict, and examines how rival political leaders are able to convince their ethnic group members to follow them into violent conflict. Specifically, it looks at how political leaders can influence and utilize changes in the level of economic liberalization in order to mobilize members of a certain ethnic group, and in the case of Sri Lanka, shows how ethnic mobilization drives can turn violent when minority ethnic groups are economically marginalized by the decisions that the majority ethnic group leaders make in order to stay in power. Taking a political economy approach to the conflict in Sri Lanka, this book is unique in its historical analysis and provides a longitudinal view of the evolution of both Tamil and Sinhalese ethnic drives. As such, this interdisciplinary study will be of interest to policy makers as well as academics in the field of South Asian studies, political science, sociology, development studies, political economy and security studies.

Author : Asoka Bandarage
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135970857

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The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka by Asoka Bandarage Pdf

The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and Eastern provinces. This conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) is one of the world’s most intractable contemporary armed struggles. The internationally banned LTTE is considered the prototype of modern terrorism. It is known to have introduced suicide bombing to the world, and recently became the first terrorist organization ever to acquire an air force. The ‘iron law of ethnicity’ – the assumption that cultural difference inevitably leads to conflict – has been reinforced by the 9/11 attacks and conflicts like the one in Sri Lanka. However, the connections among ethnic difference, conflict, and terrorism are not automatic. This book broadens the discourse on the separatist conflict in Sri Lanka by moving beyond the familiar bipolar Sinhala versus Tamil ethnic antagonism to show how the form and content of ethnicity are shaped by historical social forces. It develops a multipolar analysis which takes into account diverse ethnic groups, intra-ethnic, social class, caste and other variables at the local, regional and international levels. Overall, this book presents a conceptual framework useful for comparative global conflict analysis and resolution, shedding light on a host of complex issues such as terrorism, civil society, diasporas, international intervention and secessionism.

Author : Deborah Winslow,Michael D. Woost
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253216915

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Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka by Deborah Winslow,Michael D. Woost Pdf

"Will be of interest to those working on conflict and peace studies, economic development, cultural studies, and women in the modern world. A key new publication." --Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion University ..". offers a superb overview of how a civil war, driven by ethnicity, can engender a new culture and a new political economy... Highly recommended." -- Choice Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka provides a lucid and up-to-date interpretation of Sri Lankan society and its 20-year civil conflict. An interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between the economy, broadly defined, and the reproduction of violent conflict, this volume argues that the war is grounded not just in the goals and intentions of the opposing sides, but also in the everyday orientations, experiences, and material practices of all Sri Lankan people. The contributors explore changing political and policy contexts; the effect of long-term conflict on employment opportunities and life choices for rural and urban youth; life histories, memory, and narratives of violence; the "economics of enlisting" and individual decisions about involvement in the war; and nationalism and the moral debate triggered by women's employment in the international garment manufacturing industry. Contributors are Francesca Bremner, Michele Ruth Gamburd, Newton Gunasinghe, Siri T. Hettige, Caitrin Lynch, John M. Richardson, Jr., Amita Shastri, Deborah Winslow, and Michael D. Woost.

Author : Sujit M. Canagaretna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : OCLC:1430802887

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The Political Economy of Liberalization and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Sujit M. Canagaretna Pdf

Author : Rajesh Venugopal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108428798

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Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Rajesh Venugopal Pdf

Examines the relationship between the ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka.

Author : Benedikt Korf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917243322

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Conflict, Space and Institutions by Benedikt Korf Pdf

Author : Sunil Bastian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Postwar reconstruction
ISBN : 955580141X

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The Political Economy of Post-war Sri Lanka by Sunil Bastian Pdf

Author : Kenneth D. Bush
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0333714563

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The Intra-Group Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Kenneth D. Bush Pdf

Through an examination of the critical junctures in postcolonial Sri Lankan politics, this book refines and advances our understanding of the dynamics underpinning violent and nonviolent "ethnic" conflict. It enables us to understand how the ebb and flow of relations within ethnic groups affects relations between groups, for good or for ill.

Author : Kumudini Samuel,Claire Slatter,Vagisha Gunasekara
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786996138

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The Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women by Kumudini Samuel,Claire Slatter,Vagisha Gunasekara Pdf

The Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women shows how political, economic, social and ideological processes intersect to shape conflict related gender-based violence against women. Through feminist interrogations of the politics of economies, struggles for political power and the gender order, this collection reveals how sexual orders and regimes are linked to spaces of production. Crucially it argues that these spaces are themselves firmly anchored in overlapping patriarchies which are sustained and reproduced during and after war through violence that is physical as well as structural. Through an analysis of legal regimes and structures of social arrangements, this book frames militarization as a political economic dynamic, developing a radical critique of liberal peace building and peace making that does not challenge patriarchy, or modes of production and accumulation.

Author : Asoka Bandarage
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135970840

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The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka by Asoka Bandarage Pdf

The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and Eastern provinces. This conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) is one of the world’s most intractable contemporary armed struggles. The internationally banned LTTE is considered the prototype of modern terrorism. It is known to have introduced suicide bombing to the world, and recently became the first terrorist organization ever to acquire an air force. The ‘iron law of ethnicity’ – the assumption that cultural difference inevitably leads to conflict – has been reinforced by the 9/11 attacks and conflicts like the one in Sri Lanka. However, the connections among ethnic difference, conflict, and terrorism are not automatic. This book broadens the discourse on the separatist conflict in Sri Lanka by moving beyond the familiar bipolar Sinhala versus Tamil ethnic antagonism to show how the form and content of ethnicity are shaped by historical social forces. It develops a multipolar analysis which takes into account diverse ethnic groups, intra-ethnic, social class, caste and other variables at the local, regional and international levels. Overall, this book presents a conceptual framework useful for comparative global conflict analysis and resolution, shedding light on a host of complex issues such as terrorism, civil society, diasporas, international intervention and secessionism.

Author : Jayadeva Uyangoda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131697547

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Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Jayadeva Uyangoda Pdf

Author : Milton J. Esman,Ronald J. Herring
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472089277

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Carrots, Sticks, and Ethnic Conflict by Milton J. Esman,Ronald J. Herring Pdf

DIVInvestigates whether international development assistance helps or aggravates ethnic strife /div

Author : Rajesh Venugopal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108654074

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Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Rajesh Venugopal Pdf

This book examines the relationship between ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka. Drawing on a historically informed political sociology, it explores how the economic and the ethnic have encountered one another, focusing in particular on the phenomenon of Sinhala nationalism. In doing so, the book engages with some of the central issues in contemporary Sri Lanka: why has the ethnic conflict been so protracted, and so resistant to solution? What explains the enduring political significance of Sinhala nationalism? What is the relationship between market reform and conflict? Why did the Norwegian-sponsored peace process collapse? How is the Rajapaksa phenomenon to be understood? The topical spread of the book is broad, covering the evolution of peasant agriculture, land scarcity, state welfarism, nationalist ideology, party systems, political morality, military employment, business elites, market reforms, and development aid.

Author : Michael Louis Wyzan
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035079396

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The Political Economy of Ethnic Discrimination and Affirmative Action by Michael Louis Wyzan Pdf

The nine essays collected here examine ethnic relations, discrimination, and affirmative action in different regions of the world. The contributors focus throughout on the political economy of ethnic relations - an area that has until now been largely neglected in the literature. Written by economists, the papers both offer theoretical and empirical insights into standard neoclassical models of discrimination and explore in depth the historical and institutional features of the specific cases under study. Six of the papers address discrimination and affirmative action in developing countries; the remaining essays examine the problem as it has been manifested in socialist states. The aim throughout is to offer the reader an enhanced understanding of the economic and political genesis of the often catastrophic problems associated with ethnic discrimination. Following a general introduction by the editor, the contributors examine relations between Arabs and Jews in the Israeli labor force; the complex interactions between human rights, affirmative action, and land reform in Latin America; and ethnic relations and the new economic policy in Malaysia. The three additional studies of ethnic problems in developing countries look at apartheid in South Africa, political and economic discrimination in Sri Lanka, and ethnic conflict in the Sudan. Turning to an examination of ethnic discrimination under communism, the contributors analyze the problems faced by gypsies in Eastern Europe, the politics of ethnicity and affirmative action in the Soviet Union, and labor market discrimination and ethnic tension in Yugoslavia. A bibliography is included for those wishing to pursue further research on the subject. By focusing attention on discrimination in regions of the world little studied in past works on ethnic conflict, these essays represent a unique and important contribution to the literature of international economics and political economy.

Author : P. Sahadevan,Neil DeVotta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015069369844

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Politics of Conflict and Peace in Sri Lanka by P. Sahadevan,Neil DeVotta Pdf

This book details the manner in which Sri Lanka has missed numerous opportunities to secure peace between its two principal ethnic communities and how the intractable ethnic conflict has placed the country in a dire state. It provides an institutionalist explanation to the conflict, examines the Sinhalese-Tamil divisions that were exacerbated due to linguistic nationalism, and evaluates the extent to which the island’s political structure encouraged ethnocentrism. It also makes clear how such ethnocentrism has contributed to illiberal democracy and political decay. Furthermore, the book analyzes how both military and political strategies have failed to end the ethnic war and provides a structural explanation for the LTTE’s resistance to accept a negotiated peace, which would require the group to step back from its stated goal of creating a separate state. India’s shifting policy vis-à-vis the conflict is also examined in the context of its contrasting responses and postures—intervention in the 1980s and non-intervention currently.