An Uneasy Hegemony: Politics of State-building and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka

ISBN-13: 9781009199247 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 280 str.

Shyamika (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Jayasundara-Smits

Opis

It departs from the scholarship produced on Sri Lanka, and re-introduces the neo-Marxist approaches through the works of Antonio Gramsci.

Recenzje

'This book engages in, and makes an important contribution to, longstanding debates on the trajectory and character of Sri Lanka's postcolonial state. Though ostensibly now a post war state, it remains a state in crisis. This lends urgency to the task of better understanding the historical and contemporary politics of statebuilding in Sri Lanka. The author eschews a narrow focus on ethnicity and armed conflict, instead providing a more intricate and integrated analysis of the discursive, political and economic factors that have shaped Sri Lanka's contested trajectory. At a time of a global resurgence of populist and authoritarian politics, it is important to look carefully at the particular conditions that give rise to such projects, as this book does so admirably.' Jonathan Goodhand, Professor of Conflict and Development Studies, SOAS, University of London

Spis treści

Dedication; Preface; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Politics of judgement; 3. From nationalism to ethnic supremacy; 4. Political patronage: Underbelly of everyday politics; 5. State institutions and patronage politics; 6. War and peace as politics by other means; 7. What came after war?; Bibliography; Annexes; Index.