Ethnicity versus Nationalism

The Devolution Discourse in Sri Lanka
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9771-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 679 g

The question of sharing political power with the Tamils has dominated the constitutional history of Sri Lanka during the last eight decades. This book is a study of the controversy over devolution, one of the crucial issues in Sri Lanka's current political crisis. The author has sensitively handled the complexities of the issues involved in this major ethnic crisis. The analysis of the current situation is accompanied by an introduction to the various phases of the evolution of the problem over the last fifty years or more. This is a comprehensive study on the subject of ethnic conflict and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. The broad theoretical premises that govern the concept of devolution in an ethnically divided society have been discussed in detail.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ghosh, Partha S

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Devolution or Evolution
Evolution of the Debate I
Pre-Independence
Evolution of the Debate I
Post-Independence
Kumaratunga's Devolution Proposals
The Ethnic and Political Responses
The Issues
The Debate
The LTTE Factor
The Devolution Discourse in Perspective
Conclusion
From Eelam to Virtual Eelam
A Postscript

Über Autor(innen)

Ghosh, Partha S
Partha S. Ghosh is an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) National Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Till recently he was a Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi. Earlier he was a Professor of South Asian Studies at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His previous academic positions are: Visiting Professor, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development (OKDISCD), Guwahati; Humboldt Fellow, Heidelberg University; Ford Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He has also served as a Visiting Professor for short durations at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH), Paris; University of Bordeaux; Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Chair in Indian Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Heidelberg. For many years Professor Ghosh served as the Research Director at the ICSSR, New Delhi. His areas of interest are South Asian politics, migrations, ethnicity and domestic politics-foreign policy interface. For several years Professor Ghosh was the Editor of India Quarterly, the flagship journal of the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi.

Professor Ghosh has a long list of publications. His books include Politics of Personal Law in South Asia (2007), Unwanted and Uprooted: A Political Study of Refugees, Migrants, Stateless and Displaced in South Asia (2004), Ethnicity versus Nationalism: The Devolution Discourse in Sri Lanka (New Delhi: SAGE, 2003), BJP and the Evolution of Hindu Nationalism (1999, 2000), Pluralism and Equality: Values in Indian Society and Politics (New Delhi: SAGE, 2000, co-edited), Rivalry and Revolution in South and East Asia (1997, edited), Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia (1989, 1995) and Sino-Soviet Relations: US Perceptions and Policy Responses: 1849–1959 (1981). He has written many research articles in eminent professional journals, and also many newspaper articles.