Liberal peace in question : politics of state and market reform in Sri Lanka / / edited by Kristian Stokke and Jayadeva Uyangoda [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460097103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-37703-9; 9786613377036; 0-85728-649-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Anthem South Asian Studies
• Disciplina: 320.95493
• Soggetti: Economic development - Political aspects - Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka Politics and government 1978-; Sri Lanka History Civil War, 1983-2009 Peace; Sri Lanka Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 LIBERAL PEACE IN QUESTION: THE SRI LANKAN CASE; The Making of Intrastate Conflict in Sri Lanka; Institutionalisation of Liberal Democracy (1948-1956); Ethnonationalist Political Incorporation (1956-1970); Constitutionalisation of Sinhalese Majoritarianism (1970-1977); Political Centralisation and Militarisation of Ethnonationalisms; Global Framing of Intrastate Conflict and Liberal Peace; Peace, Development and Security after the Cold War; The Politics of State and Market Reforms in Sri LankaContextual Politics of Peace and Development in Sri Lanka; Peace: From Exclusion to Inclusion; Chapter 2 TRAVAILS OF STATE REFORM IN THE CONTEXT OF PROTRACTED CIVIL WAR IN SRI LANKA; Introduction; Backdrop: Necessity and Impossibility of State Reform; State Reform from Above; State Reform: The Question of Agency; The Myth of 'Local Ownership' of Peace; From 'Peace Trap' to 'War Trap'; Shifts in the Minority Rights Discourse; Discussion: The Ethnocratic State and its Contradictions; Conclusions: Prospects for State Reform?; Postscript; Chapter 3 FALLACIES OF THE PEACE OWNERSHIP APPROACH: EXPLORING NORWEGIAN MEDIATION IN SRI LANKAIntroduction; Mediation Approaches and the Liberal Peace; Peace Ownership in Sri Lanka; Mandate; Participation; Public Relations; Monitoring; Internationalization; Concluding Discussion; Chapter 4 THE POLITICS OF MARKET REFORM AT A TIME OF ETHNIC CONFLICT: SRI LANKA IN THE JAYEWARDENE YEARS; Introduction; Causal, Functional or Accidental?; The Politics of Market Reform; Ideological and Economic Compensatory Mechanisms; Conclusions; Chapter 5 FROM SIHRN TO POST-WAR NORTH AND EAST: THE LIMITS OF THE 'PEACE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT' PARADIGM IN SRI LANKAPost-liberalization Economic Development in Sri Lanka: Embedding a Neo-liberal Consensus; SIHRN and P-TOMS: A Critical Assessment of the 'Peace through Development' Paradigm during the Peace Process, 2002-2005; Mistaking Politics for Governance: The Politics of Development and Reconstruction; Mistaking Politics for Governance: The Dynamics of the Politics of the South; Post-war Peace through Development: Repeating Failed Strategies; Conclusion; Chapter 6 BUYING PEACE? POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE PEACE DIVIDEND ARGUMENTWar, Peace and the Peace Dividend Argument; What Peace Dividend?; The Politics of Reconstruction; Local Politics of Reconstruction; Conclusions; Chapter 7 WOMEN'S INITIATIVE IN BUILDING PEACE: THE CASE OF NORTHERN SRI LANKA; Introduction; Tamil Women in Peace Building; Women for Peace on a Social Level; The Cases of Lalitha and Saila; Women for Peace on a Political Level; The Sub-Committee on Gender Issues (SGI); At the Negotiation Table; Conclusion; Chapter 8 LIBERAL PEACE AND PUBLIC OPINION; The Peace Process and the Excluded Public
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.