Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka Winslow Woost Paperback

Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri LankaAuthor(s): Deborah Winslow, Michael D. Woost\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253216915, 978-0253216915\nSynopsis\n\""Will be of interest to those working on conflict and peace studies, economic development, cultural studies, and women in the modern world. A key new publication.\"" Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion University\n \"". . . offers a superb overview of how a civil war, driven by ethnicity, can engender a new culture and a new political economy. . . Highly recommended.\"" \nChoice\n Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka provides a lucid and up-to-date interpretation of Sri Lankan society and its 20-year civil conflict. An interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between the economy, broadly defined, and the reproduction of violent conflict, this volume argues that the war is grounded not just in the goals and intentions of the oppos.