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dc.contributor.authorGamage, Sirisenaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-09T11:18:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationJournal for the Study of Peace and Conflict (2008-2009 Annual Edition), p. 116-133en
dc.identifier.issn1095-1962en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9014-
dc.description.abstractSri Lanka is a multiethnic, culturally and structurally pluralistic society. The majority of the population is Sinhalese (74%). There are significant Sri Lanka Tamil (12.7%), Indian Tamil (5.5%), and Moor (7%) populations with a long history of habitation in the island. Over the decades, politicians, intellectuals, journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and others have emphasised the pluralistic nature of Sri Lankan society. However, since 2006 there has been a tendency in the southern electorate to advocate and reinforce Sinhala-Buddhist identity, nationalism, and associated claims with the overt and covert support of those in power to the relative exclusion of legitimate claims by the Tamil and Muslim populations. This situation emerged due to the intransigence of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and its unwillingness to take part in peace negotiations unconditionally. The government's sincerity in seeking a political solution rather than a military solution was also questionable. The acceleration of military attacks by the government forces on LTTE targets resulted in the deterioration of the security of citizens and their civic and human rights. As the intellectual, ideological, and political gap between the two conflicting parties, i.e., the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), widened considerably since the election of President Rajapakse in November 2005, and the trust between the two conflicting sides and their respective constituencies moved further apart, it is necessary to examine the recent developments.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherWisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal for the Study of Peace and Conflicten
dc.titleCan Sri Lanka Achieve Durable Peace with the Tamils After Defeating Tamil Tigers?en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsStudies of Asian Societyen
dc.subject.keywordsSociologyen
local.contributor.firstnameSirisenaen
local.subject.for2008160899 Sociology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2008169903 Studies of Asian Societyen
local.subject.seo2008940399 International Relations not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008940304 International Political Economy (excl. International Trade)en
local.profile.schoolSchool of Educationen
local.profile.emailsgamag2@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20111207-095937en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage116en
local.format.endpage133en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.issue2008-2009 Annual Editionen
local.contributor.lastnameGamageen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:sgamag2en
local.profile.orcid0000-0002-8714-9726en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:9204en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleCan Sri Lanka Achieve Durable Peace with the Tamils After Defeating Tamil Tigers?en
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://www4.uwsp.edu/history/wipcs/journal.aspxen
local.search.authorGamage, Sirisenaen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2009en
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