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16%OFFJudith Large - Push Back: Sri Lanka´s Dance with Global Governance - 9781783606542 - V9781783606542
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Push Back: Sri Lanka´s Dance with Global Governance

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Description for Push Back: Sri Lanka´s Dance with Global Governance Paperback. .
In 2009, after decades of conflict, the Sri Lankan government proclaimed the decisive defeat of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam. Subsequently, the state proved resistant to attempts by the UN and other international bodies to promote post-war reconciliation or reform. In this incisive new work, Judith Large investigates the ways in which the Rajapaksa government was able to subvert international diplomatic efforts, as well as exploring the wider context of rising Sinhalese nationalism, the attendant growth of discrimination against minorities, and efforts by both the diaspora and citizens within Sri Lanka to work towards a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783606542
SKU
V9781783606542
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Judith Large
Judith Large is a senior research fellow at the Conflict Analysis Research Centre at the University of Kent. She has over twenty-five years experience in international conflict analysis, mediation and peace building, ranging from work with civic groups and national governments to UN agencies including the UNHCR, UNDP, BCPR, WHO, and others.

Reviews for Push Back: Sri Lanka´s Dance with Global Governance
`The first serious academic study of the Rajapaksa regime's manipulation of the international system, which enabled them to preside over mass atrocities and get away scot free.' Frances Harrison, former Sri Lanka correspondent for the BBC and author of Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka's Hidden War `Incisively ... Read more

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