The Politics of Reconstruction and Development in Sri Lanka

This book presents a comprehensive insight into the politics of reconstruction and development in Sri Lanka, focussing on the ceasefire which was negotiated between the Government of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2002 and which lasted until 2006. It explains how development was shaped by interplay and cooperation, but also by the disparities and conflicts between a variety of local and intervening actors, including local organizations and civil society, LTTE, Government of Sri Lanka, international development cooperation and the Tamil diaspora. Starting from an interdisciplinary viewpoint, the author integrates findings from development sociology with new perspectives on transnationalization and the migration-development-nexus.

Eva Gerharz is Junior Professor for Internationalization and Development at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. She is co-editor of The Making of World Society: Perspectives from Transnational Research (2009) and Governance, Conflict and Development in South Asia (forthcoming).

1. Introduction 2. Ethnic Conflict and the Politics of Development 3. Jaffna - A Tamil Homeland 4. Global Development Cooperation and Local Perspectives on Governance 5. Taking Possession of Development - Diaspora Engagement in Local Institutions 6. Diaspora Committment to Local Non-Governmental Organizations - New Scope for Brokerage 7. Diaspora-Circulation, Remittances, and Encounters with the 'Other' 8. Reconstruction and Development: Ideas and Visions 9. Development Visions after the War