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Learning to Read Between the Lines

By: Kenneth Bush

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Hardcover | 9 December 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Through an examination of the critical junctures in postcolonial Sri Lankan politics, this book refines and advances our understanding of the dynamics underpinning violent and nonviolent "ethnic" conflict. It enables us to understand how the ebb and flow of relations "within "ethnic groups affects relations "between "groups, for good or for ill.

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List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Map of Sri Lanka
Introduction	p. 1
Beyond Billiard Ball Analysis	p. 3
Learning to Read between the Lines	p. 10
An Overview of Sri Lankan Politics	p. 29
Critical Junctures	p. 73
Critical Juncture I: 1948 Independence and the Disenfranchisement of the plantation Tamils	p. 75
Critical Juncture II: 1956 Election and the Premiership of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike	p. 84
Critical Juncture III: 1971 JVP Insurrection and 1987 JVP Resurgence	p. 99
Critical Juncture IV: 1983 Riots	p. 118
Critical Juncture V: 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement	p. 135
Critical Juncture VI: February 2002 Ceasefire Agreement (CFA)	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 177
Fitting the Pieces Together	p. 179
Notes	p. 204
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 261
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