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Title Creating peace in Sri Lanka : civil war and reconciliation / Robert I. Rotberg
Published Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 1999
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; Cambridge, Massachusetts. : World Peace Foundation and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1999
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Description ix, 218 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Sri Lanka's Civil War: From Mayhem toward Diplomatic Resolution / Robert I. Rotberg -- 2. South Asia's Enduring War / Chris Smith -- 3. Religion and Ethnicity in the Sri Lankan Civil War / David Little -- 4. The Dangers of Devolution: The Hidden Economies of Armed Conflict / Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake -- 5. Economic Costs of Conflict in Sri Lanka / Saman Kelegama -- 6. The Economic Development of Sri Lanka: A Tale of Missed Opportunities / Donald R. Snodgrass -- 7. The Role of Education in Ameliorating Political Violence in Sri Lanka / Chandra R. de Silva -- 8. Peacemaking in Sri Lanka: The Kumaratunga Initiative / Teresita C. Schaffer -- 9. Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: An Examination of Third-Party Processes / William Weisberg and Donna Hicks -- 10. A Political Culture of Conflict / Jayadeva Uyangoda -- 11. Constitutionalism, Pluralism, and Ethnic Conflict: The Need for a New Initiative / Rohan Edrisinha
Summary "Sri Lanka, the serendipitous isle off India's southeast coast, is savaged by civil war. Since the fanatical Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam began battling the government in 1984, more than 60,000 Sinhala and Tamils have died, and thousands more have been internally displaced. In 1999 the vicious conflict continued unabated, and one of the authors of this book, a Tamil moderate, was killed in July by a suicide bomber." "Creating Peace in Sri Lanka contains a series of interrelated chapters by Sri Lankan, British, and American authorities on the war and its aftermath. They discuss how to end the war and how the island nation can heal its physical and psychic wounds."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT Sri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004003192
Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127143
Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117162
Author Rotberg, Robert I., editor
Brookings Institution.
LC no. 99006606
ISBN 0815775784