Judith Large

Push Back (eBook, PDF)

Sri Lanka's Dance with Global Governance

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In 2009, after decades of conflict, the Sri Lankan government proclaimed the decisive defeat of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam. Subsequently, the state proved resistant to attempts by the UN and other international bodies to promote post-war reconciliation or reform.

In this incisive new work, Judith Large investigates the ways in which the Rajapaksa government was able to subvert international diplomatic efforts, as well as exploring the wider context of rising Sinhalese nationalism, the attendant growth of discrimination against minorities, and efforts by both the diaspora and citizens within Sri Lanka to work towards a positive peace.

Push Back is vital reading not only for those interested in Sri Lanka, but also for those concerned about the wider implications of the conflict for human rights, peace-making, and geopolitics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 305
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783606566
• Artikelnr.: 53511489

Autorenporträt

Judith Large is a senior professional with over twenty-five years of experience in international conflict analysis and peacebuilding; through post-conflict recovery and as 'third party' or in support and facilitation roles for institutional and political mediation. She is Senior Research Fellow at the Conflict Analysis Research Centre and a member of the Experts Roster for the Mediation Support Unit (MSU) within the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Judith has served in posts at International IDEA (Stockholm) CMI (Brussels) and on assignment with the WHO, UNDP, and UN Women. She has worked extensively in the Balkans, in Nepal and Indonesia. Her South Asian experience has had a Sri Lanka focus since 2008.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: reflections on 'optics' - Sri Lanka and dilemmas in the study
of violence and global governance 1 War's end and competing models for
recovery 2 Executive presidency and the unitary state 3 Non-interference
Sri Lankan style 4 The outsiders 5 Majoritarianism or divide and rule 6
Home-grown solutions and the quest for accountability 7 Small state in a
large system