Rajesh Venugopal

Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 164mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781108428798
• ISBN-10: 1108428797
• Artikelnr.: 53209924

Autorenporträt

Rajesh Venugopal teaches at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He works on the political sociology of development and violent conflict, with a special focus on South Asia. He writes on post-conflict reconstruction, development theory, nationalism, and neoliberalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Nationalism, development and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka
2. Sinhala nationalism
3. Kulaks to clerks
4. The politics of market reform at a time of ethnic conflict
5. Military fiscalism
6. The 'best and last' chance for peace
7. Cosmopolitan capitalism
8. Sectarian socialism
9. Conclusions: elites, masses and the Rajapaksa presidency
Bibliography
Index.