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Reconciliation in Sri Lanka

Voices from Former War Zones

Author : Thaheer, Minna and Peiris, Pradeep et al.

Publisher: International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES)

Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo

Year: 2013

Page Numbers: 178

Acc. No: 4370

Class No: 303.66 THA-SL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Conflict Resolution/War and Peace

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-955-5801-40-9

This book is an effort to understand the post-war reconciliation process as experienced by different communities in the war affected villages in the North and East of Sri Lanka. In this context, this book attempts to give voice to the voiceless by contributing to the burgeoning discourse on reconciliation in Sri Lanka. This study uses a pluralist research methodology comprising a series of in-depth interviews and dialogue sessions with communities in the former war zones combined with a survey of 600 respondents in 6 districts in the North and East. The findings of the study are presented in six chapters in order to capture the multi-dimensional nature of reconciliation on the ground. The analysis in this book will inform the work of scholars who, through their rigorous and dedicated scholarly interventions, strive to build a just and democratic society in Sri Lanka.