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Journal articles on the topic "Mahinda Rajapaksa"

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Edirisuriya, Piyadasa. "The Rise and Grand Fall of Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa." Asian Survey 57, no. 2 (March 2017): 211–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2017.57.2.211.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa became the president of Sri Lanka in 2005 and ruled the country until his unexpected defeat in the presidential election of 2015. He crushed the militant and very powerful Tamil separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, by military force in 2009. Given his great power and popularity, his defeat in the 2015 election was an astonishing grand fall. This study examines the long rise of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his sudden fall.

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LAM, Peng Er. "Sri Lanka and China’s Maritime Silk Road: A Convergence of Interests." East Asian Policy 07, no. 03 (July 2015): 114–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793930515000331.

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China had invested heavily in many mega infrastructural projects in Sri Lanka even before President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” strategy. In January 2015, the pro-China President Mahinda Rajapaksa unexpectedly lost his reelection bid. Western and Indian press generally believe that the new Sri Lankan president will reconsider projects with China agreed to by Rajapaksa. Nevertheless, Sri Lanka needs China for its economic development and China needs Sri Lanka for its Maritime Silk Road.

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Wickramasinghe, Nira. "Sri Lanka in 2013." Asian Survey 54, no. 1 (January 2014): 199–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2014.54.1.199.

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The year 2013 witnessed a further consolidation of the power of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his loyalists of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance. The country’s high economic growth continued amid allegations of corruption and nepotism. The regime’s past and present human rights record came under serious scrutiny.

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Wickramasinghe, Nira. "Sri Lanka in 2020." Asian Survey 61, no. 1 (January 2021): 211–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2021.61.1.211.

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa set in motion a process aimed at consolidating their family’s control of the executive, cabinet, and legislature. The global coronavirus pandemic gave them an opportunity to further militarize the administration of the country. The ruling party, the Sri Lanka People’s Front, won a two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections, which allowed them to enact decisive constitutional change and overturn crucial legislation that curbed the power of the executive. The government’s ability to withstand the economic crisis and control the pandemic will be key to their complete blunting of any opposition forces.

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de Silva, Chandra R. "Sri Lanka in 2015." Asian Survey 56, no. 1 (January 2016): 199–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2016.56.1.199.

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The year 2015 in Sri Lanka was characterized by a democratic transfer of power from the United People’s Freedom Alliance, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to a coalition led by the United National Party. Constitutional changes restricting presidential power, and the growth of a new approach to human rights and ethnic reconciliation, accompanied this shift. Sri Lanka’s emphasis in its economic policy shifted from major infrastructural projects to a further strengthening of human capacities.

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Goodhand, Jonathan. "Sri Lanka in 2011." Asian Survey 52, no. 1 (January 2012): 130–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2012.52.1.130.

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Abstract Local elections consolidated the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration's grip on power. State-led efforts to stimulate economic growth continued with major infrastructure projects in the northeastern and southern parts of Sri Lanka. No significant progress was made toward a political settlement and reconciliation with the Tamil community, and the government came under increasing international pressure about its conduct in the last months of the civil war after the release of the United Nations Advisory Panel report.

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Aliff, S. M. "Sri Lanka’s General Election 2015." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 68 (April 2016): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.68.7.

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Sri Lanka emerges from this latest election with a hung Parliament in 2015. A coalition called the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) won 106 seats and secured ten out of 22 electoral districts, including Colombo to obtain the largest block of seats at the parliamentary polls, though it couldn’t secure a simple majority in 225-member parliament. It also has the backing of smaller parties that support its agenda of electoral. In the August parliamentary election, the former president Rajapaksa forces upped the nationalist ante and campaigned to win a majority of parliamentary seats with the votes of the Sinhala Buddhists only, but extreme appeals to nationalism failed to get traction in the elections among the Sinhalese. It is fair to say that the double blow against nationalism in the south was occasioned by the politics of good governance promoted by the UNP and its alliance in the election. In Sri Lanka’s eighth General elections, none of the two major political alliances- the (UNF), nor the (UPFA)- gained a clear majority in the election. More important, for the fourth time the fragmentation of seats among the major parties and regional level party has inaugurated a period of unstable coalition governments, creating an air of political and economic ambiguity in the nation as it enters a post- Mahinda Rajapakse era. This study is based on an interpretive approach. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The study examines distinguishes the 2015 election from previous ones and what extent? What are the major factors leads to defeat the ruling party? However, this study argues that the election results are indicative not only of the decline of Mahinda Rajapakse era but also of a gradual transition toward good governance.

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DeVotta, Neil. "The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Lost Quest for Separatism in Sri Lanka." Asian Survey 49, no. 6 (November 1, 2009): 1021–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2009.49.6.1021.

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The ethnocentric policies successive Sri Lankan governments pursued against the minority Tamils pushed them to try to secede, but the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) immanent contradictions——the quest for state-building and independence juxtaposed with fascistic rule and terrorist practices——undermined the separatist movement and irreparably weakened the Tamil community. The Sri Lankan government's extraconstitutional counterterrorism strategies under Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa helped defeat the LTTE, but the attendant militarism, culture of impunity especially among the defense forces, and political machinations bode further ill for the island's democratic and polyethnic future.

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Jayasuriya, Laksiri. "The Hybrid Regime in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka." International Studies 49, no. 3-4 (July 2012): 437–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020881714534028.

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Following the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010, the Sri Lankan political system has seen the rise of a ‘one-party dominant state’ and a ‘hybrid regime’. This new political order consists of a mix of democratic and authoritarian elements largely seen in countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. This essay examines the social and political changes introduced by the highly militarized regime led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, which has slanted towards a Kautilyan ideology and authoritarian constitutionalism. It is argued that Sri Lanka needs a glasnost, marking a new political and social ethos based on the principles of accountability, openness, transparency, freedom and justice.

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Fowsar, Mohamed Anifa Mohamed, and Mansoor Mohamed Fazil. "Strong state and weak minority in post-civil war Sri Lanka: A study based on state-in-society approach." International research journal of management, IT and social sciences 7, no. 6 (October 21, 2020): 72–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/irjmis.v7n6.1013.

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This study aims to analyze the strong state of Sri Lanka that emerged after the civil war during the regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was the leading Tamil militant social force, which was waging war against the government to form a separate state in the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka. The government ended both the separatist struggle of the LTTE and the civil war in May 2009 by winning a major military victory. This study is a qualitative analysis based on text analysis and field interviews, supplemented with limited observations. The study reveals that the state introduced enhanced security measures to avoid possible LTTE regrouping and re-commencement of violence in the country. The state also attempted to fragment minority parties to weaken the state reconstitution process through penetration and regulation of the social order.

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Books on the topic "Mahinda Rajapaksa"

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P, Senadhira Sugeeswara, Chandrasiri Harindranath, and Sri Lanka Pravr̥tti Depārtamēntuva, eds. Pulse of a nation: President Mahinda Rajapaksa on national & international affairs. [Colombo]: Dept. of Government Information, Sri Lanka, 2007.

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Epa, Nihal Seneviratne. A study of foreign policy of Sri Lanka under President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-2010). [Colombo: Nihal Seneviratne Epa], 2011.

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Fiscal management report 2015: Mahinda Rajapaksa President and Minister of Finance and Planning 24th October 2014. Colombo: Ministry of Finance and Planning, 2014.

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Nizam, A. A. M., compiler, Ătugala Āriyaratna editor, and Sri Lanka Pravr̥tti Depārtamēntuva, eds. In his own words: Selected extracts from the speeches made by his excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Department of Government Information, 2014.

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Sri Lanka. President (2005- : Rājapakṣa). President at the UN: President Mahinda Rajapaksa focuses on national & international issues in his addresses to the general assembly of the United Nations, 2006-2010. Edited by Rājapakṣa Mahinda 1945-, Ătugala Āriyaratna, and Sri Lanka Pravr̥tti Depārtamēntuva. Colombo: Dept. of Govt. Information, 2010.

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Rājapakṣa, Mahinda. President at the UN: President Mahinda Rajapaksa focuses on national & international issues in his addresses to the general assembly of the United Nations, 2006-2010. Edited by Ătugala Āriyaratna and Sri Lanka Pravr̥tti Depārtamēntuva. Colombo: Dept. of Govt. Information, 2010.

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Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa theatre. Colombo: [s.n.], 2011.

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President at the UN: President Mahinda Rajapaksa focuses on national & international issues in his addresses to the general assembly of the United Nations 2006-2010. Colombo: Department of Government Information, 2010.

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This souvenir is published to mark the ceremonial opening of the Labour Museum by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa: President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Labour Secretariat, Colombo 05 on December 1, 2009. Colombo: Department of Labour, Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower, 2014.

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Book chapters on the topic "Mahinda Rajapaksa"

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Wickramasinghe, Nira. "Mahinda Rajapaksa: From Populism to Authoritarianism." In Contemporary Populists in Power, 113–30. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2_7.

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"Rajapaksa, Mahinda (Sri Lanka)." In The Statesman’s Yearbook Companion, 318. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95839-9_636.

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