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  • Continental Modelby Scott Elledge

    University of Minnesota Press 1960; US$ 75.00

    The pervasive influence of seventeenth-century French criticism upon eighteenth-century English criticism makes it important for students of English and comparative literature to be familiar with the most important of the French works. Professors Elledge more...

  • The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lankaby Asoka Bandarage

    Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 168.00

    This book provides an in-depth, historical case study of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka. more...

  • Spatialising Politicsby Cathrine Brun; Tariq Jazeel

    SAGE India 2009; US$ 29.95

    Spatialising Politics: Culture and Geography in Postcolonial Sri Lanka. brings together a collection of essays that take as their theme the spatial politics. of Sri Lanka. It highlights the importance of space in the ongoing ethnic conflict. fuelling Sri Lanka’s continuing civil war and invokes a number of aspects. less frequently cited in the dominant approaches to understanding postcolonial. Sri Lankan nationhood and identity. The essays in the volume examine the role of ‘spatialities‘ often. occluded within the debates on Sri Lankan politics—amongst them, cities. and built-space, diasporic productions and imaginations, commodity cultures. and their concordant networks, knowledge spaces and ‘foreign’ interventions,.... more...

  • Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815by Alicia Schrikker

    BRILL 2007; US$ 116.00

    Presents a study of Dutch and British colonial intervention on Sri Lanka in the period 1780-1815. This book provides a characterisation of the functioning and growth of the colonial state in a period of transition. It focuses on the local reforms in the Dutch administration and policymaking on the island prior to the take-over by the British. more...

  • The Tiger Vanquishedby M R Narayan Swamy

    SAGE India 2010; US$ 29.95

    This book tells the story of why the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) lost the war that it had always dreamt of winning in Sri Lanka. It is a collection of news stories and commentaries penned by the author from 2003 to 2009 on the ethnic conflict in the country. Each piece is provided with an introduction that places it in the context in which it was written. The unfolding of the drama is brought about through conversations with Sri Lankan leaders, Tamil activists, Indian officials, Norwegian and other diplomats, human rights activists, former LTTE guerrillas and civilians. The Tiger Vanquished: LTTE’s Story provides a detailed account of the critical years when Sri Lanka’s internationally backed peace process slowly led to... more...

  • Aid, Peacebuilding and the Resurgence of Warby Dr Sarah Holt

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2011; US$ 85.00

    As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. more...

  • Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lankaby Jonathan Goodhand; Jonathan Spencer; Benedikt Korf

    Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 145.00

    The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. A ceasefire agreement, signed in February 2002, was followed by six rounds of peace talks, but growing political violence, disagreements over core issues and a fragmentation of the constituencies of the key parties led to an eventual breakdown. This book brings together a unique range of perspectives on this problematic and ultimately unsuccessful peace process. more...

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