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61. Language, Religion, and Ethnic Assertiveness: The Growth of Sinhalese Nationalism in Sri Lanka by KNO Dharmadasa | |
Hardcover: 384
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(1993-03-01)
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62. Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal (Routledge Handbooks) | |
Hardcover: 480
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(2010-06-18)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Written by experts in their respective areas, this Handbook introduces the reader to the politics of South Asia by presenting the prevailing agreements and disagreements in the literature. In the first two sections, the Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern political history of the states of the region and an overview of the independence movements in the former colonial states. The other sections focus on the political changes that have occurred in the postcolonial states since independence, as well as the successive political changes in Nepal during the same period, and the structure and functioning of the main governmental and non-governmental institutions, including the structure of the state itself (unitary or federal), political parties, the judiciary, and the military. Further, the contributors explore several aspects of the political process and political and economic change, especially issues of pluralism and national integration, political economy, corruption and criminalization of politics, radical and violent political movements, and the international politics of the region as a whole. This unique reference work provides a comprehensive survey of the state of the field and is an invaluable resource for students and academics interested in South Asian Studies, South Asian Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations. |
63. India, Sri Lanka and the Tamil Crisis, 1976-94 by Alan J. Bullion | |
Hardcover: 226
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(1995-12)
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64. Postcolonial Insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the Question of Nationhood by Sankaran Krishna | |
Paperback: 316
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(1999-10-25)
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convoluted ethnic tensions
Doesn't Quite understand the Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka "Buttressing the example of Dravidianism in India through its obverse is the tragedy of Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism. Sri Lankan Tamils could have been folded into the national family with relative ease in the early 1950s. Yet, the majoritarian impulse of Sinhalese nationalism (and the political opportunities emergent in its wake) precluded a compromise. Sri Lanka is proof yet again that majoritarian over centralization produces both irredentist violence and precisely what it fears most - namely, partition or secession. The desire for Eelam emerges as a direct consequence of the very imagination that animates most nationalists in South Asia. In that sense, the question of Eelam is not one confined to Sri Lanka but one faced by all the nation-states in the region." (p242) Krishna's main policy conclusion is that South Asian nations must be reimagined as pluralist, egalitarian, democratic spaces, not spaces inhabited by one language, ethnic or racial group. Unfortunately, especially for the Sri Lankan situation, he makes absolutely no recommendations about how to get there from here. The second major problem with the book is the shocking lack of sympathy for the Sri Lankan Tamil cause in the specific, particularly surprising from one with such a thorough understanding of the dynamics of its generation. One reason for this lack of sympathy is Krishna's allegiance to pluralism. "...in contemporary South Asia, the fiction of homogeneity reigns hegemonic over both managers of the nation-state and the many insurgent movements fighting against them. The various Eelams of South Asia share the mono-logical imagination that forever seeks to align territory with identity in a singular and final fashion. They are essentially partition redux, and for that reason they constitute the farcical sequels to the initial tragedy. Hence, most insurgent movements in the region do not constitute an alternative to the existing spatial imaginaires of the nation, nor are they worthy of support by those committed to a pluralist and democratic ethos." (p242) I wish he had listed one insurgent movement which does provide an alternative anywhere in the world. Where is this alternative being incubated? I also wish he had given more than vague pledges of allegiance to pluralism and democracy, but concrete examples of how this new world could be created, especially in a situation of pressure from the state. If one does not have territory, how can one experiment in government? If insurgencies are simply reactions to majoritarian impulses, how are they supposed to be more than mirrors of what they oppose? If the state uses any possible class, caste, geographical or religious difference to weaken its opposition how can pluralism develop? Also surprising is that Krishna, like most observers, interviewed for his research project those who fight the LTTE, rather than those who sympathize with them. Considering the time and place of the interviews, right after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, the few Indian sympathizers of the LTTE were probably constrained to keep their mouths shut. Not one Sri Lankan LTTE sympathizer that I can identify was interviewed. It is astonishing to me that someone as sensitive as Krishna to the manner in which discourse follows the faultlines of power would have made such a basic mistake in trying to understand the IPKF incident. It does revel, however, to what extent Krishna's focus is India rather than Sri Lanka. The end result of having such unbalanced interviews is a failure of interpretation of the specifics of the IPKF incident on Krishna's part. Most egregious is his accusation that the LTTE leadership wanted Thileepan to die to de-legitimize the IPKF. Krishna has not gotten a handle on either the popularity of Thileepan's project in Jaffna, the urgency of the grievances Thileepan was highlighting or Thileepan's own agency in his self-sacrifice. He calls the whole thing a `macabre spectacle,' but forgets to mention that J.N. Dixit, the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo, did not believe Thileepan would actually go through with his own death. He also does not deal with the failure of the Indians to recognize or honor a non-violent, quintessentially Indian, form of protest. Krishna's interpretation - as it is a common one - has important consequences for future attempts to solve the Sri Lankan war, because even he believes the Tamil leadership will settle for nothing less than separation under any circumstances. This interpretation will lead to less of an emphasis on coming up with acceptable provisions of an accord and more on the need to destroy an uncompromising set of demons. We must accept that it is very difficult for outsiders to develop a balanced view of the conflict because of a severe lack of credible, accessible sources. Those most intimately involved in the struggle are too busy to write their memoirs or interpretations of events, and security concerns constrain their accessibility. No powerful outside force is available to mentor sympathetic explanations of the Tamil side in the war. The past 5 years have seen a growth in the number of websites and newspapers addressing the issues, but, commonly, these resources seem to primarily communicate with the Tamil community rather than the outside world. (Mind you, communication within the community is exceptional.) At the same time the forces working to stigmatize the Tamil resistance as `terrorists' have made it unlikely that outsiders - even academics - will go to the effort of reading and absorbing the vast number of words available through the Internet. In any case such information is no substitute for the personal relationships which breed sympathetic understanding. All these hurdles, however, do not do away with the need to be in a dialogue to the best of our ability with all those players in the outside world who affect events in Sri Lanka to make sure true versions of events and beliefs are heard. One never knows when we'll get lucky ... Read more |
65. Parliamentary Control and Government Accountability in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka (Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies) by Taiabur Rahman | |
Hardcover: 272
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(2007-10-11)
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Editorial Review Product Description Parliaments or legislatures are the keystone of democratic governance and they are critical in securing government accountability. This book presents a comparative analysis of the role of parliamentary committees in securing government accountability in the three largest and most important functioning democracies in South Asia: Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The author compares the nascent democracy of Bangladesh with the stable and vibrant democratic system of India since its independence from the British in 1947 and Sri Lanka's longstanding and established democracy. He argues that in each country, parliament has been able to survive and perform the key parliamentary tasks of representation, legislation, oversight of the executive, conflict resolution and regime maintenance; concluding that parliamentary committees in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka do not perform as successfully as their counterparts in the Western world in controlling the government and holding it to account; however, their role in securing government accountability is not irrelevant. Parliamentary Control and Government Accountability in South Asia will be a useful reference for studying third world parliaments in particular. |
66. Sri Lanka Customs, Trade Regulations and Procedures Handbook (World Business, Investment and Government Library) | |
Paperback: 352
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(2006-02-25)
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67. Forward Contracts ; A Market Based Alternative to Government Intervention in Agriculture Marketing in Sri Lanka | |
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(2003)
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68. Sri Lanka, a lost revolution?: The inside story of the JVP by Rohan Gunaratna | |
Unknown Binding: 366
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(1990)
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69. Modern Nations of the World - Sri Lanka by Debra A. Miller | |
Hardcover: 112
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(2005-10-10)
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70. The Cyanide War: Tamil Insurrection in Sri Lanka, 1973-88 by Edgar O'Ballance | |
Hardcover: 175
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(1990-02)
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71. The Intra-Group Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Learning to Read between the Lines (International Political Economy) by Kenneth D. Bush | |
Hardcover: 288
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(2004-03-04)
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72. Intervention in Sri Lanka: The IPKF Experience Retold by Harkirat Singh; Major Gen. retired | |
Hardcover: 190
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(2007-02-02)
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73. The Break-Up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson | |
Hardcover: 240
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(1989-01)
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74. Abiding by Sri Lanka: On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality (Public Worlds) by Qadri Ismail | |
Hardcover: 300
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(2005-12-20)
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75. Reaping the Whirlwind: Ethnic Conflict, Ethnic Politics in Sri Lanka by K. M. deSilva, K. M. DE SILVA | |
Paperback: 388
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(1998-01)
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76. Pathways of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka by R. Cheran | |
Hardcover: 332
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(2009-11-20)
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77. Sri Lanka, Voices from a War Zone by Nirupama Subramanian | |
Hardcover: 230
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(2005-01)
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78. Investing in Maternal Health in Malaysia and Sri Lanka (Health, Nutrition and Population Series) by Indra Padmanathan, Jerker Liljestrand, Jo. M. Martins | |
Paperback: 204
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(2003-04-23)
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79. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Sri Lanka by B. Smith | |
Paperback: 254
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(1978-01)
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80. Militarizing Sri Lanka: Popular Culture, Memory and Narrative in the Armed Conflict by Neloufer De Mel | |
Paperback: 330
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(2007-12-18)
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