| Verfasst von: | Jayasundara-Smits, Shyamika [VerfasserIn]  |
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| Titel: | An uneasy hegemony |
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| Titelzusatz: | politics of state-building and struggles for justice in Sri Lanka |
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| Verf.angabe: | Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits |
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| Verlagsort: | Cambridge |
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| Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
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| Jahr: | 2022 |
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| Umfang: | xxiii, 360 Seiten |
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| Gesamttitel/Reihe: | South Asia in the social sciences ; 19 |
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| Fussnoten: | Serienzählung auf hinteren Buchumschlag genannt ; Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01) |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-009-19924-7 |
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| Abstract: | Sri Lanka has been regarded as a model democracy among former British colonies. It was lauded for its impressive achievement in terms of human development indicators. However, Sri Lanka's modern history can also be read as a tragic story of inter-ethnic inequalities and tensions, resulting in years of violent conflicts. Two long spells of anti-state youth uprisings were followed by nearly three decades of civil war, and most recently a renewed upsurge of events are examples of the on-going uneasy project of state-building. This book discusses that state-building in Sri Lanka is centred on the struggle for hegemony amidst a kind of politics that rejects individual and group equality, opposes the social integration of marginalised groups and appeals to narrow, fearful and xenophobic tendencies among the majority population and minorities alike. It answers the pressing questions of - How do the dynamics of intra-Sinhalese class relations and Sinhalese politics influence the trajectories of post-colonial state-building? What tensions emerge over time, between Sinhalese hegemony-building and wider state-building? How did these tensions manifest in majority and minority relationships? |
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| URL: | Cover: http://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/426F6F6B446174617C7C393738313030393139393234377C7C434F50.jpg?sq=2 |
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| Schlagwörter: | (g)Sri Lanka / (s)Nationenbildung / (s)Minderheitenpolitik / (s)Ethnischer Konflikt / (s)Singhalesen / (s)Tamilen |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe |
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| Sach-SW: | Central government |
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| | Constitution: government & the state |
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| | Friedens- und Konfliktforschung |
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| | Government powers |
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| | Kommunal-, Regional- Landes und Lokalregierung |
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| | National liberation & independence, post-colonialism |
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| | Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus |
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| | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International |
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| | Peace studies & conflict resolution |
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| | Political structure & processes |
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| | Politics & government |
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| | Politik und Staat |
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| | Politische Strukturen und Prozesse |
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| | Regierungsbefugnisse |
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| | Regional government |
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| | Verfassung: Regierung und Staat |
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| | Zentralregierung |
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| Geograph. SW: | Asia |
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| | Asien |
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| | Indian sub-continent |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 1817269569 |
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| Verknüpfungen: | → Übergeordnete Aufnahme |
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