Examining Political Violence 2013
DOI: 10.1201/b16254-18
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Sri Lankan Terrorism

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“…The Sri Lankan military defeated the LTTE in 2009. Between 1983 and 2009, more than 80,000 were killed in the armed struggle (Kapferer 1988; Spencer 1990; Van de Voorde 2005; Wayland 2004; Weiss 2011).…”
Section: Case Study: Sinhalese Nationalist Leaders Versus Tamil Tigersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Sri Lankan military defeated the LTTE in 2009. Between 1983 and 2009, more than 80,000 were killed in the armed struggle (Kapferer 1988; Spencer 1990; Van de Voorde 2005; Wayland 2004; Weiss 2011).…”
Section: Case Study: Sinhalese Nationalist Leaders Versus Tamil Tigersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…18 Statist geopolitical paradigms have since bolstered the state's unitary structure, demonstrated by the support offered to the Sri Lankan state by major world powers in its battle against so-called 'separatist terrorists'. 19 As Anghie argues in his examination of imperialism, colonialism and international law, the establishment of an international system of sovereign states meant that a specific set of cultural practices were included to the exclusion of others, a process of creating order amongst political entities that drew on ideas of the civilised European and uncivilised non-European world. 20 Despite the claims of the nation state to a concept of sovereignty that privileges a particular political relationship and concept of power, sovereignty is a dynamic concept.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%