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A New Beginning for Humankind: A Recipe for Lasting Peace on Earth

R. B. Herath - Political Science - 2012 - 252 pages
The world is reaching a nuclear tipping point, and a catastrophe looms. Even the United Nations cant seem to do anything about the threat. Given the circumstances, people ...
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Real Power to the People: A Novel Approach to Electoral Reform in British ...

R. B. Herath - Political Science - 2007 - 248 pages
In 2004-05, British Columbia undertook an innovation in politics: a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform studied different electoral systems in democracies throughout the ...
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Sri Lanka: Current Issues and Historical Background

Walter Nubin - History - 2002 - 236 pages
This book provides an overview of the development of a small country, which on the one hand, is unique, and on the other hand, is also an interesting reflection and microcosm ...
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Reaping The Whirlwind: Ethnic Conflict, Ethnic Politics in Sri Lanka

K M de Silva - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 392 pages
A critical analysis of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka In the eighties, Sri Lanka, once considered the ‘model’ colony, was torn apart by ethnic strife between the ...
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Sri Lanka--Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah - Social Science - 1986 - 210 pages
Focusing on the historical events of post-independence Sri Lanka, S. J. Tambiah analyzes the causes of the violent conflict between the majority Sinhalese Buddhists and the ...
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The History of Sri Lanka

Patrick Peebles - History - 2006 - 246 pages
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Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict ...

Neil DeVotta - Political Science - 2004 - 308 pages
In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one another on who could provide the greatest advantages for their community, using the Sinhala ...
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Sri Lanka and the Defeat of the LTTE

K M de Silva - Literary Collections - 2012 - 352 pages
In this comprehensive and authoritative study of terrorism in Sri Lanka, K.M. de Silva turns the spotlight on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its role in Sri ...
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Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka

S. W. R. de A. Samarasinghe, Vidyamali Samarasinghe - History - 1998 - 276 pages
An introduction to Sri Lanka's geography, people, early history, foreign rule, independence, and modern history is followed by a dictionary covering the people, places, and ...
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The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka: Terrorism, ethnicity, political economy

Asoka Bandarage - Political Science - 2008 - 304 pages
The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a ...
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