'Deeper hegemony: The politics of Sinhala nationalist authenticity and the failures of power-sharing in Sri Lanka

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-273

  Rampton, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Hegemony; JVP; Nationalism; Power; Sri lanka

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEGEMONY; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POWER RELATIONS;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 79956277750     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662043.2011.564476     Document Type: Article

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