Liberal Peace In Question : Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka.

By: Stokke, KristianContributor(s): Uyangoda, JayadevaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Anthem South Asian StudiesPublisher: London : Anthem Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780857286499Subject(s): Economic development - Political aspects -Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberal Peace In Question : Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri LankaDDC classification: 320.95493 LOC classification: 2010050445Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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 Lanka -- Contextual 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 LANKA -- Introduction -- 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 LANKA -- Post-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 ARGUMENT -- War, 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 -- Governmentality and Populations -- Public Opinion on Liberal Peace -- Active Peace Negotiations, 2002-2004 -- Negative Peace, 2004-2006 -- War for Peace, 2006-2009 -- Public Opinion on the Solution to the Conflict -- Public Support for Negotiations -- What is Agreeable to the People? -- Federalism -- Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA) -- Post Tsunami Operational Mechanism Structure (P-TOMS) -- All Party Representative Committee (APRC) -- Opinions on the Protagonists' Commitment to Negotiated Peace -- Why are they Committed? -- Third Party International Involvement -- Conclusion -- End Matter -- NOTES.
Chapter 1: Liberal Peace in Question: The Sri Lankan Case -- Chapter 2: Travails of State Reform in the Context of Protracted Civil War in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 3: Fallacies of the Peace Ownership Approach: Exploring Norwegian Mediation in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 4: The Politics of Market Reform at a Time of Ethnic Conflict: Sri Lanka in the Jayewardene Years -- Chapter 5: From SIHRN to Post-War North and East: The Limits of the 'Peace through Development' Paradigm in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 6: Buying Peace? Politics of Reconstruction and the Peace Dividend Argument -- Chapter 7: Women's Initiative in Building Peace: The Case of Northern Sri Lanka -- Chapter 8: Liberal Peace and Public Opinion -- REFERENCES.
Summary: 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.
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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 Lanka -- Contextual 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 LANKA -- Introduction -- 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 LANKA -- Post-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 ARGUMENT -- War, 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 -- Governmentality and Populations -- Public Opinion on Liberal Peace -- Active Peace Negotiations, 2002-2004 -- Negative Peace, 2004-2006 -- War for Peace, 2006-2009 -- Public Opinion on the Solution to the Conflict -- Public Support for Negotiations -- What is Agreeable to the People? -- Federalism -- Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA) -- Post Tsunami Operational Mechanism Structure (P-TOMS) -- All Party Representative Committee (APRC) -- Opinions on the Protagonists' Commitment to Negotiated Peace -- Why are they Committed? -- Third Party International Involvement -- Conclusion -- End Matter -- NOTES.

Chapter 1: Liberal Peace in Question: The Sri Lankan Case -- Chapter 2: Travails of State Reform in the Context of Protracted Civil War in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 3: Fallacies of the Peace Ownership Approach: Exploring Norwegian Mediation in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 4: The Politics of Market Reform at a Time of Ethnic Conflict: Sri Lanka in the Jayewardene Years -- Chapter 5: From SIHRN to Post-War North and East: The Limits of the 'Peace through Development' Paradigm in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 6: Buying Peace? Politics of Reconstruction and the Peace Dividend Argument -- Chapter 7: Women's Initiative in Building Peace: The Case of Northern Sri Lanka -- Chapter 8: Liberal Peace and Public Opinion -- REFERENCES.

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.

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