Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits

Uneasy Hegemony (eBook, PDF)

Politics of State-building and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

Sri Lanka has been regarded as a model democracy among former British colonies. It was lauded for its impressive achievement in terms of human development indicators. However, Sri Lanka's modern history can also be read as a tragic story of inter-ethnic inequalities and tensions, resulting in years of violent conflicts. Two long spells of anti-state youth uprisings were followed by nearly three decades of civil war, and most recently a renewed upsurge of events are examples of the on-going uneasy project of state-building. This book discusses that state-building in Sri Lanka is centred on the struggle for hegemony amidst a kind of politics that rejects individual and group equality, opposes the social integration of marginalised groups and appeals to narrow, fearful and xenophobic tendencies among the majority population and minorities alike. It answers the pressing questions of - How do the dynamics of intra-Sinhalese class relations and Sinhalese politics influence the trajectories of post-colonial state-building? What tensions emerge over time, between Sinhalese hegemony-building and wider state-building? How did these tensions manifest in majority and minority relationships?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009276511
• Artikelnr.: 66177465

Autorenporträt

Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits is assistant professor in Conflict and Peace Studies at International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her research interests lie in the intersections of conflict, peace and development.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Preface
List of Tables
List of Acronyms
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Politics of judgement
3. From nationalism to ethnic supremacy
4. Political patronage: Underbelly of everyday politics
5. State institutions and patronage politics
6. War and peace as politics by other means
7. What came after war?
Bibliography
Annexes
Index.