| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 229 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
South Asia in the social sciences |
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South Asia in the social sciences.
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| Contents |
Cover; Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka; The Ethnic and Economic Context; Concepts and Contexts; Structure of the Book; 2. Sinhala Nationalism; The Study of Sinhala Nationalism; Sinhalisation; A Moral Framework of Regulating Electoral Politics; Elites and Masses; The Language of Political Communication; A Matter of Dignity; An Inverted Left-Right Party System; The Politics of Sinhala Nationalism; 3. Kulaks to Clerks |
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Peasant and Plantation Agriculture in CrisisWelfare Policy and Education; Employment and Communal Tension; Structural Unemployment; Conclusions; 4. The Politics of Market Reform at a Time of Ethnic Conflict; Causal, Functional or Accidental?; The Politics of Market Reform; Ideological and Economic Compensatory Mechanisms; Conclusions; 5. Military Fiscalism; Growth Amidst War; Military Employment; Sri Lanka Integrated Survey (SLIS) 1999/2000; Conclusions; 6. The 'Best and Last' Chance for Peace; The Context; The Electoral Mandate; The Production of Ideo-Political Polarities |
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The Elitist Peace and the Populist War7. Cosmopolitan Capitalism; Introduction; A Party in Reform; Cosmopolitanism; Policy Formulation and Donor Processes; Crisis Overhang; Regaining Sri Lanka; Style and Substance; Conclusions; 8. Sectarian Socialism; Death and Rebirth; Marxism and the National Question; 'The Principal Socialist Party in the Country'; Marxism with Indubitably Sinhalese Characteristics; Class and Nation; 9. Conclusions: Elites, Masses and the Rajapaksa Presidency; Elites, Masses and the Rajapaksa Presidency; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Examines the relationship between the ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (DPhil.)--Oxford University, 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Sri Lanka
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Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Politics and government
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Ethnic conflict -- Sri Lanka
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Economic development -- Sri Lanka
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic development
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Economic policy
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Ethnic conflict
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Nationalism
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Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Sri Lanka -- Economic policy -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Sri Lanka
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108654074 |
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110865407X |
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9781108553414 |
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1108553419 |
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