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'Bandarage's book broadens the discourse on the separatist conflict in Sri Lanka by moving beyond the familiar bipolar Sinhala versus Tamil ethnic antagonism to show how the form and content of ethnicity are shaped by historical social forces. Her multipolar analysis takes into account diverse ethnic groups, intraethnic, social class, caste and other variables at the local, regional and international levels' - Georgetown University, 2008 'Prof. Asoka Bandarage's latest book, The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka, Terrorism ethnicity, political economy, comes into this enclosed space like a breath of fresh air, easing the suffocation inside the closed ideological box. [...] It opens up vistas that were never considered valid for analyzing the Sri Lankan conflict. In this respect her book not only breaks new ground but also presents a panoramic view of the conflict.' - H. L. D. Mahindapala; The Sri Lankan Guardian, January 2009 'It is an indispensable book for future studies and peace-making in Sri Lanka' - Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan morning daily; January 2009 'This book is a must-read for students, academics, and all others hoping to gain some understanding of the ethnic civil war beyond the iron law of ethnicity' - A.R.M. Imtiyaz, Asia Policy, July 2009 This is a gripping and valuable account of Sri Lanka's descent into civil war, the consequences of which are still being played out...an excellent and highly recommended analysis of one of South Asia's most intractable political and ethnic dilemmas. - Bruce Matthews, Pacific Affairs: Volume 83, No. 1 - March 2010

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Asoka Bandarage is currently Visiting Associate Professor in the Government Department, Georgetown University, US. Her research interests include the global political-economy and ethnicity, gender, population and ecology in the context of South Asia.

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