Asoka Bandarage

The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka

Terrorism, ethnicity, political economy

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers 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 book presents a conceptual framework useful for comparative global conflict analysis and resolution.

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This book provides an in-depth, historical case study of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780415776783
• ISBN-10: 0415776783
• Artikelnr.: 23606050

Autorenporträt

Asoka Bandarage is currently Visiting Associate Professor in the Government Department, Georgetown University, US. Her research interests include the global political-economy and ethnicity, gender, population and ecology in the context of South Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Conceptual Frameworks: Broadening the Discourse 2. Prelude: The British Colonial Period and Early Years of Independence 3. From Class Struggle to Ethnic Separatism
1971-1977 4. Liberalization
Authoritarianism
and Communal Violence
1977-1983 5. Internationalization of the Secessionist Struggle
1983-1987 6. Indian Intervention
Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
and Intensification of Violence
1987-1994 7. A 'Peace Package'
War
and the International Community
1994-2002 8. Norwegian Facilitated Peace Initiative
2002-2008 9. Globalization and Conflict Resolution: Separatism or Pluralism?