Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations in Sri Lanka
Peacemakers or Parasites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8067500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil Devotta (0000-0001-7311-1914, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-182 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Civil Wars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8249 • E-ISSN: 1743-968X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698280500422926 |
| OpenAlex | W2033583722 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Since of late Sri Lanka's nationalist forces have branded local NGOs and activists promoting peace to be unpatriotic and claimed that they undermine the country's sovereignty. The pro-peace groups that especially rely on foreign funding for their activities are also branded parasitic. Such attacks can be said to be part of a nationalist ideology rooted in chauvinism and a belief that Sri Lanka's minorities live there under the majority community's sufferance. The fact, however, is that their shortcomings notwithstanding, most NGOs have done valuable service, and this was especially so after the December 2004 tsunami devastated the country's southern and eastern coasts
Civil society · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |