State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka
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State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka

About this book

This book explores how the history of postcolonial Sri Lanka suggests a new paradigm for understanding state-formation as an ever-shifting and evolving process. The Sri Lankan state has formed under the pressure of multiple conflicts: around capitalist transition on the one hand, and the deteriorating relationship between the state and Tamil minority populations on the other. Sunil Bastian demonstrates the way these conflicts have overlapped, with international support for the introduction of neoliberal policies – from Japan, the West and institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF – helping to prop up a state engaged in armed ethnic conflict. State Formation and Conflict in Sri Lanka explores the role played by these two forces in the nation's recent economic crises.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of maps
  8. List of tables
  9. Biography
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Abbreviations
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 British colonialism and state formation
  14. 2 State formation in the first three decades of postcolonialism
  15. 3 From liberalization of the economy to negotiations through international mediation
  16. 4 Negotiations, their collapse and a new Sinhala nationalist leader comes to power
  17. 5 Post-war state
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. Imprint