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The Failure Of Post-War Reconstruction In Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Indebtedness, Caste Exclusion And The Search For Alternatives, Ahilan Kadirgamar
The Failure Of Post-War Reconstruction In Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Indebtedness, Caste Exclusion And The Search For Alternatives, Ahilan Kadirgamar
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Reconstruction of contemporary war-torn societies can lead to further dispossession and social exclusion, particularly through neoliberal development policies and financialized indebtedness. This dissertation analyses post-war reconstruction of the Jaffna District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka after the end of a brutal three decade long civil war in May 2009, through a survey and ethnographic study of one village, Pathemany and its oppressed caste quarter, Bharathy Veethy. Drawing on a study of Pathemany village on agrarian change before the war, this study addresses contemporary questions about land, rural incomes, rural debt and caste structure. The study evaluates reconstruction policies …