{"title":"Beyond Liberal Peace in Sri Lanka: Victory, Politics, and State Formation","authors":"Malin Åkebo, S. Bastian","doi":"10.1177/1542316620976121","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In 2009, the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended through a military victory for the government. Features of the post-war peace—including persistent militarization, strengthened nationalism, and communal violence—have commonly been attributed to a failed attempt at liberal peacebuilding followed by an authoritarian backlash. In contrast, this study shows how the post-war peace has been shaped by historical processes of state formation aimed at consolidating the Sri Lankan state. The article takes a long-term approach to analysing peace in Sri Lanka through the lens of state formation. The analysis centres on four key aspects: (1) post-war security, (2) state–minority relations, (3) socio-economic aspects, and (4) electoral politics. We conclude that there are currently few signs of any substantial state reform that would accommodate the continuous demand for social justice and minority rights that has spurred violent conflicts in Sri Lanka.","PeriodicalId":39765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Peacebuilding and Development","volume":"103 1","pages":"70 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Peacebuilding and Development","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1542316620976121","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In 2009, the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended through a military victory for the government. Features of the post-war peace—including persistent militarization, strengthened nationalism, and communal violence—have commonly been attributed to a failed attempt at liberal peacebuilding followed by an authoritarian backlash. In contrast, this study shows how the post-war peace has been shaped by historical processes of state formation aimed at consolidating the Sri Lankan state. The article takes a long-term approach to analysing peace in Sri Lanka through the lens of state formation. The analysis centres on four key aspects: (1) post-war security, (2) state–minority relations, (3) socio-economic aspects, and (4) electoral politics. We conclude that there are currently few signs of any substantial state reform that would accommodate the continuous demand for social justice and minority rights that has spurred violent conflicts in Sri Lanka.
2009年，斯里兰卡政府和泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)之间的战争以政府的军事胜利结束。战后和平的特征——包括持续的军事化、加强的民族主义和社区暴力——通常被归因于自由主义和平建设的失败尝试，随后是威权主义的反弹。相比之下，本研究显示了战后和平是如何被旨在巩固斯里兰卡国家的国家形成的历史进程所塑造的。这篇文章从长期的角度，通过国家形成的视角来分析斯里兰卡的和平。分析集中在四个关键方面:(1)战后安全;(2)国家-少数民族关系;(3)社会经济方面;(4)选举政治。我们的结论是，目前几乎没有迹象表明有任何实质性的国家改革，以适应在斯里兰卡引发暴力冲突的对社会正义和少数民族权利的持续需求。
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