Liberal Peace In Question
Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka
Kristian Stokke editor Jayadeva Uyangoda editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:1st Jan '11
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Examines the internationally facilitated peace process between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in order to provide critical insights on contemporary attempts at crafting liberal peace in intrastate conflicts.
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.
The present book uses Sri Lanka’s failed attempt at negotiating peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to examine the politics of state and market reforms towards liberal peace. Sri Lanka is seen as a critical case that demonstrates key characteristics and shortcomings of liberal peace, vividly demonstrated by internationally facilitated elite negotiations and donor-funded neoliberal development.
‘‘Liberal Peace in Question’ addresses critically, exhaustively, and in-depth [the] consequences and implications [of the liberal peace model in Sri Lanka], highlighting the importance of undertaking a critical evaluation of what went wrong in a process that raised such high expectations and ended in such a dramatic way. […] This book constitutes an important contribution to this much-needed debate.’ —María Villellas Ariño, Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre Book Review
ISBN: 9781843318965
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 26mm
Weight: 590g
216 pages