Land and grievances in post-conflict Sri Lanka: exploring the role of corruption complaints

Autor: Jonas Lindberg, Dhammika Herath
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Third World Quarterly. 35:888-904
ISSN: 1360-2241
0143-6597
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2014.921444
Popis: There is a growing academic literature on both land and corruption in relation to post-conflict peace building. This paper aims to understand what role corruption complaints play in the nexus between land and grievances in post-conflict societies. Drawing on field material collected in Sri Lanka, the paper interrogates the role of corruption complaints in relation to a number of highly politicised and ethnicised post-conflict land issues, ranging from the return of idps and alleged new resettlement schemes to land grabbing for military, ‘development’ and/or commercial purposes. The comparatively high visibility of land use, and the fact that land-related corruption is likely to affect a specific set of people who lay claim to the land, makes it a particularly important area to address in research on corruption and post-conflict peace building.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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