Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Examines the relationship between the ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Nationalism, development and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka; 2. Sinhala nationalism; 3. Kulaks to clerks; 4. The politics of market reform at a time of ethnic conflict; 5. Military fiscalism; 6. The 'best and last' chance for peace; 7. Cosmopolitan capitalism; 8. Sectarian socialism; 9. Conclusions: elites, masses and the Rajapaksa presidency; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Rajesh Venugopal teaches at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He works on the political sociology of development and violent conflict, with a special focus on South Asia. He writes on post-conflict reconstruction, development theory, nationalism, and neoliberalism.

Summary

This book examines the relationship between ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka. Drawing on a historically informed political sociology, it explores how the economic and the ethnic have encountered one another, focusing in particular on the phenomenon of Sinhala nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Rajesh Venugopal, Rajesh (London School of Economics and Venugopal, Rajesh (London School of Economics and Political Science) Venugopal, VENUGOPAL RAJESH
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108428798
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42879-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien; South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sri Lanka, Ethnic Studies, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)