To End a Civil War

To End a Civil War
Author: Mark Salter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1849045747

A fascinating inside look at what it takes to bring irreconcilable foes to the conference table and the pressures of brokering peace in an ethnically riven society at war with itself

Sri Lanka, Peace Without Process

Sri Lanka, Peace Without Process
Author: B. Raman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2006
Genre: Conflict management
ISBN:

The Sri Lankan Pot Continues To Boil. Although The Ceasefire Agreement Of February 2002 Between The Government In Colombo And The Ltte Has Helped Bring Down Temperatures, A Permanent Political Settlement Remains, At Best, A Hope With More Complexities Entering The Arena With Each Passing Day.To Take Stock Of The Situation And To Draw Lessons For The Future, The Chennai Chapter Of The Observer Research Foundation Organized An International Seminar On Sri Lanka : Ceasefire And After In September 2003, Two Years Have Passed Since, Yet, The Progonosis For The Future Made At The Time Remains More Valid Than Ever. The Book Gives New Insights Into An Existing Problem, The Contours Of Which Have Not Changed Much. The Interplay Of Domestic Politics, Sub-Continental Relevance And The Increasing International Interest In The Indian Ocean Neighbourhood, Coupled With The Post-9/11 Global View Of Terrorism, Have Contributed To This Continued Interest In The Evolving Situation In Sri Lanka. A Product Of Collective Wisdom, This Book Aims At Addressing These Issues As Comprehensively And As Extensively And As Extensively As Possible.

Aid, Peacebuilding and the Resurgence of War

Aid, Peacebuilding and the Resurgence of War
Author: S. Holt
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011-02-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230306349

As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process.

Liberal Peace In Question

Liberal Peace In Question
Author: Kristian Stokke
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0857286498

The present book uses Sri Lanka’s failed attempt at negotiating peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to examine the politics of state and market reforms towards liberal peace. Sri Lanka is seen as a critical case that demonstrates key characteristics and shortcomings of liberal peace, vividly demonstrated by internationally facilitated elite negotiations and donor-funded neoliberal development.

Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts

Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts
Author: Chanaka Talpahewa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317082710

Have we reached an end to the era of peaceful third party intervention in conflict management and resolution? In the 1990s, with the ending of the Cold War, the intervention of third parties as a non-violent means of negotiating settlements of intra-state conflicts gained prominence but the emphasis in the twenty-first century has been increasingly on military responses. Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts: Norwegian Involvement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process is an in-depth, impartial discussion on the background, decision making processes and procedures and related actions in the Norwegian facilitated peace process in Sri Lanka that gradually shifted towards a military solution. It provides the reader with evidence based comprehensive analysis on the attempts of peaceful third party intervention in a complex ethno-separatist intra-state conflict.

After the Fall

After the Fall
Author: Mohan K. Tikku
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199463503

'After the Fall' shows how Sri Lankas post-independence exercise in nation formation was beset with using language domination as an instrument of partisan power and racial memories as the way to define nationhood. That resulted in an escalating conflict through half a century of ethnic violence - giving rise to one of the worlds most fearsome militant movements and the cult of the suicide bomber. It analyzes how Eelam war four (20069), which came like a tornado crashing through all the red-lines of a war (even a guerrilla war), succeeded - and at what cost and consequences.

Building States, Building Peace

Building States, Building Peace
Author: A. Sánchez-Cacicedo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137274166

Sánchez-Cacicedo provides a critique of liberal peacebuilding approaches and of international interventions in statebuilding processes, questioning how 'global' these initiatives are, using case studies from the Asian region including Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Comparative Peace Processes

Comparative Peace Processes
Author: Jonathan Tonge
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745684157

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 The term peace process is now widely used to describe attempts to manage and resolve conflict. As the nature of conflict has changed, so the range of available tools for producing peace has grown. Alongside a plethora of political actions, there is now a greater international awareness of how peace can be brokered and policed. As a result, peace processes now extend well beyond the actuality of ceasefires and an absence of war to cover legacy issues of victims, truth and reconciliation. This book expertly examines the practical application of solutions to conflict. The first part analyses various political means of conflict management, including consociational power-sharing, partition, federalism and devolution. The second explores the extent to which these political formulas have been applied - or ignored - in a wide range of conflicts including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, the Basque Region and Sri Lanka. Comparative Peace Processes combines optimism with a realist approach to conflict management, acknowledging that the propensity of dominant states to engage in political experimentation is conditioned by the state of conflict. It will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in general theories of political possibilities in peace processes and the practical deployment of political ideas in conflict zones.