South Asia Faces the Future: Illiberalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Issue Date January 2002
Volume 13
Issue 1
Page Numbers 84-98
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Irresponsible leadership and ill-designed institutions have made this island republic prey to a bitter and violent ethnic conflict that is threatening to undermine democracy itself.

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Neil DeVotta is professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest University.

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