Conflict and Community in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Pearl of the East or the Island of Tears?

Through fifty years of independence, Sri Lanka has suffered mass murders, bombings, assassinations and endless ethnic conflict. This book examines the causes of the conflict and suggests ways it might be solved. INDICE: Introduction - I B Watson and Siri GamagePART ONE: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE CONFLICTSPeace - Bernard Swan Sri Lanka's Impossible Dream?Colonialism and National Space - Nihal Perera Representaions of Sri LankaFrom Non-News to State News - V Nithiyanandam An Analysis of the Global Projection of Sri Lanka's Ethnic ConflictEthnic Conflict and the State in Sri Lanka - Laksiri Fernando A Possible Solution?The Growth of Tamil Paramilitary Nationalisms - Purnaka L de Silva Sinhala Chauvinism and Tamil ResponsesInternationalism of the Tamil Conflict (and its Implications) - Rohan GunaratnaPART TWO: STORY OF THE CONFLICTS THROUGH THE NARRATIVESReasons for Violence - Margaret Trawick A Preliminary Ethnographic Account of the LTTEWearing a Dead Man's Jacket - Michele Ruth Gamburd State Symbols in Troubled PlacesSuite for Kododicholai, Sri Lanka - Marilyn KryslTigers and Temples - Mark P Whitaker The Politics of Nationalist and Non-Modern Violence in Sri LankaThe Changing Amman - Patricia Lawrence Notes on the Injury of War in Eastern Sri LankaTamils and Muslims in the Shadow of War - Dennis B McGilvray Schism or Continuity?PART THREE: COSTS OF THE CONFLICTSDeterminants of Military Expenditure in Sri Lanka - P EdirisuriyaThe Impact of the Civil War on Tourism and the Regional Economy - Jayatilleke S BandaraPART FOUR: THE CONFLICTS IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESConflict as a Catalyst - Meghan O'Sullivan The Changing Politics of the Sri Lankan MuslimsDenigration of the Sinhala People - H L D MahindapalaEconomic Liberalisation, Social Class and Ethnicity - Siri Hettige Emerging Trends and ConflictsPost-Independent Political Conflicts in Sri Lanka - Siri Gamage Elites, Ethnicity and Class Contradictions

• ISBN: 978-0-7619-9394-0
• Editorial: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
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