[lg policy] Announcement of new book: "Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka"

[Harold Schiffman]

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New book:


Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka
Caught in the Peace Trap?
Edited by Jonathan Goodhand, Benedikt Korf, Jonathan Spencer

    * Price: $130.00
    * Binding/Format: Hardback
    * ISBN: 978-0-415-46604-2
    * Publish Date: December 13th 2010
    * Imprint: Routledge
    * Pages: 240 pages

Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

1. Caught in the Peace Trap? On the illiberal consequences of liberal
peace in Sri Lanka Jonathan Goodhand and Benedikt Korf 2.
Government-LTTE Peace Negotiations in 2002-2005 and the Clash of State
Formation Projects Jayadeva Uyangoda 3. The Indian Factor in the Peace
Process and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka S.I. Keethaponcalan 4.
Superpowers and Small Conflicts: The United States and Sri Lanka
Jeffrey Lunsted 5. The Military Dynamics of the Peace Process and Its
Aftermath Chris Smith 6. Would the Real Dutugemunu Please Stand Up?
The politics of Sinhala nationalist authenticity and populist
discontent David Rampton with Asanga Welikala 7. Whose War? Whose
Peace? The LTTE and the Politics of the North East Liz Philipson 8.
The Genealogy of Muslim Political Voices in Sri Lanka Nick Lewer and
Mohammed Ismail 9. Politics of Market Reforms and the UNF-led
Negotiations Sunil Bastian 10. Aiding Peace? An insider’s view of
donor support for the Sri Lankan peace process, 2000-2005 Adam Burke
and Anthea Mulakala 11. Muddling the Peace Process: The political
dynamics of the tsunami, aid and conflict Georg Frerks and Bart Klem
12. In the Balance? Civil society and the peace process 2002-2008
Oliver Walton with Paikiasothy Sarrabanmuttu 13. Reflections on an
Illiberal Peace: Stories from the East Jonathan Spencer

Publisher's Description:

The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an
internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent
conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. A ceasefire agreement,
signed in February 2002, was followed by six rounds of peace talks,
but growing political violence, disagreements over core issues and a
fragmentation of the constituencies of the key parties led to an
eventual breakdown. In the wake of the failed peace process a new
government pursued a highly effective ‘war for peace’ leading to the
military defeat of the LTTE on the battlefields of the north east in
May 2009. This book brings together a unique range of perspectives on
this problematic and ultimately unsuccessful peace process.

The contributions are based upon extensive field research and written
by leading Sri Lankan and international researchers and practitioners.
The framework of ‘liberal peacebuilding’ provides an analytical
starting point for exploring the complex and unpredictable
interactions between international and domestic players during the
war-peace-war period. The lessons drawn from the Sri Lankan case have
important implications in the context of wider debates on the ‘liberal
peace’ and post conflict peacebuilding – particularly as these debates
have largely been shaped by the ‘high profile’ cases such as Kosovo,
Afghanistan and Iraq. This book is of interest not only to Sri Lanka
specialists but also to the wider policy/practitioner audience, and is
a useful contribution to South Asian studies.

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