Ethnicity, politics and inequality: Post-tsunami humanitarian aid delivery in Ampara District, Sri Lanka

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-273

  Amarasiri De Silva, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ampara District; Asian tsunami; Ethnicity; Humanitarian aid; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID ORGANIZATION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ETHNOPOLITICS; HUMANITARIAN AID; MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

ALTRUISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SRI LANKA; TIDAL WAVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 59549096270     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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