1st Edition
The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka Economic Liberalization, Mobilizational Resources, and Ethnic Collective Action
1. Introduction 2. Linking Changes in Economic Liberalization and the Onset of Ethnic Conflict 3. Colonialism, High Economic Liberalization, and the Precedence of Caste over Ethnicity (1815-1925) 4. High Economic Liberalization, the Persistence of Caste over Ethnicity, and The Emergence of Inter-Ethnic Coalitions (1925-1936) 5. Medium Economic Liberalization, the Decline of Caste-Based Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, and the Politicization of Ethnicity (1936-1948) 6. High Economic Liberalization, the Institutionalization of Selective Incentives, and the Increased Reliance upon Mobilizational Resources (1948-1956) 7. Medium Economic Liberalization and the Emergence of the Sinhalese Critical Mass (1956-1965) 8. Medium Economic Liberalization, the Coherence of the Sinhalese Critical Mass, and the Crafting of Tamil Mobilizational Resources (1965-1970) 9. Low Economic Liberalization, Intra-Sinhalese Bidding Wars, and Functioning Tamil Mobilizational Resources (1970-1977) 10. Medium Economic Liberalization, Intra-Ethnic Bidding Wars, Tamil Mobilizational Resources, and the Onset of Violent Ethnic Conflict (1977-1983) 11. Intra-Ethnic Fractionalization, Radicalized Violence, and Protracted Ethnic Conflict (1983-2009)12. Conclusion
Biography
Nikolaos Biziouras is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the US Naval Academy. His research forces on the political economy of intra-state conflict.
