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Author: Subhash Chandra Nayak
Publisher: Virago Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An Indepth Study Of An Historical Perspective On `Ethnicity And Nation Building In Sri Lanka`. Has 5 Chapters Followed By Conclusions And A Bibliography. The Work Posits The `State` As A Central Explanatory Variable In Accounting For Identity Formulation And Nationality Formation Which Has Accounted For The Process Of Nation Building.
Author: Urmila Phadnis
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Published: 2001-12-14
Total Pages: 478
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1989, this widely hailed core text of the dynamics of ethnic identities and movements in the South Asian region is perhaps even more relevant today, as the region faces a resurgence of ethno-nationalist sentiments and the outbreak of new ethnic conflict. Among the features of this thoroughly revised edition are: /-/ - it provides a critical appraisal of various theoretical approaches to the study of ethnicity and nation-building /-/ - delineates the ethnic composition of the South Asian Region/-/ - examines the specific state structures of the countries studied: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives/-/ - discusses various ethnic movements in these countries/-/ - covers the most recent developments in the region
Author: Sanduni Nimthera
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →English Abstract: With the independence of 1948 the aim was to bring about ethnic reconciliation in this country. with colonialism Sri Lankans lived separately according to religion, language and ethnicity. Therefore rising as a nation was not an easy task. Weaknesses in politics exacerbated the ethnic problem, that is the conflict between the Sinhala and Tamil communities escalated into a 30 year war. In that ethnic conflict India pursued a policy of treating only one ethnic group. It was an obstacle for the Sri Lankan people to rise as a nation.
Author: V. Suryanarayan
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9788182860117
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Papers presented at a national seminar on Ethnic reconciliation, economic reconstruction and nation building in Sri Lanka, held at Chennai during 12-13 April 2010.
Author: Rachel Seoighe
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-12-05
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 3319563246
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book begins from a critical account of the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, tracing themes of nationalism, discourse and conflict memory through this period of immense violence and into its aftermath. Using these themes to explore state crime, atrocity and its denial and representation, Seoighe offers an analysis of how stories of conflict are authored and constructed. This book examines the political discourse of the former Rajapaksa government, highlighting how fluency in international discourses of counter-terrorism, humanitarianism and the ‘reconciliation’ expected of states transitioning from conflict can be used to conceal and deny state violence. Drawing on extensive interviews with activists, academics, politicians, state representatives and international agency staff, and three months of observation in Sri Lanka in 2012, Seoighe demonstrates how the Rajapaksa government re-narrativised violence through orchestrated techniques of denial and mass ritual discourse. It drew on and perpetuated a heightened majoritarian Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism which consolidated power under Sinhalese political elites, generated minority grievances and, in turn, sustained the repression and dispossession of the Tamil community of the Northeast. A detailed and evocative study, this book will be of special interest to scholars of conflict studies, political violence and critical criminology.
Author: Rajesh Venugopal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-10-18
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 110865407X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Urmila Phadnis
Publisher: Sage Publications (CA)
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780803996083
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: P. A. Ghosh
Publisher: APH Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9788176481076
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