• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka

State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka

Hardcover

General Political ScienceIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1350451827
ISBN13: 9781350451827
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jan 23 2025
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores how the history of postcolonial Sri Lanka suggests a new paradigm for understanding state-formation as an ever-shifting and evolving process.

The Sri Lankan state has formed under the pressure of multiple conflicts: around capitalist transition on the one hand, and the deteriorating relationship between the state and Tamil minority populations on the other. Sunil Bastian demonstrates the way these conflicts have overlapped, with international support for the introduction of neoliberal policies - from Japan, the West and institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF - helping to prop up a state engaged in armed ethnic conflict. State Formation and Conflict in Sri Lanka explores the role played by these two forces in the nation's recent economic crises.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

General Political Science