1st Edition
Electoral Politics in Sri Lanka Presidential Elections, Manipulation and Democracy
List of figures
List of Tables
The Author
Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface
1 Theoretical Overview
2 Jayewardene in Control (1982)
3 Premadasa’s Struggle (1988)
4 Battle of the Widows (1994)
5 Saved by an LTTE Bomb (1999)
6 Saved by an LTTE Boycott (2005)
7 Reaping Fruits of War Victory (2010)
8 Rise of an Unlikely Hero (2015)
9 The Rajapaksa Comeback (2019)
10 Conclusion
Index
Biography
S. I. Keethaponcalan is a Professor of Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University, Maryland, USA. He was Chair of the Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Department from 2011 to 2018. Before joining Salisbury University in 2011, he was a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr Keethaponcalan has served as a researcher at several international institutions, including the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva, Switzerland, and the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. He has also served as a consultant to several international agencies involved in projects in Sri Lanka.
