A Small Power’s Struggle for Independence in the Independent Era

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" A Small Power’s Struggle for Independence in the Independent Era "
S.I. Keethaponcalan

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063464
Doc. No	:	LA107093
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341290‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	S.I. Keethaponcalan
Title & Author	:	A Small Power’s Struggle for Independence in the Independent Era [Article]\ S.I. Keethaponcalan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	African and Asian Studies
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	13/1-2
Page No	:	167–186
Abstract	:	Can a small state stand up to some of the major powerful states? If the answer is yes, what sort of socio-political environment would enable a small state to stand up to powerful states and effectively relieve hegemonic pressure from powerful states? This paper argues that Sri Lanka, a small and weak state, managed in the last few years, to effectively relieve hegemonic pressure from India and is standing up to the the usa. The Sri Lankan case demonstrates that a small state can effectively relieve hegemonic pressure from powerful states if its political milieu entails the following three elements: (1) the will of the political leadership, (2) a supportive population, and (3) patronage of major rival states.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	armed forces
Descriptor	:	Asian Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	hegemony
Descriptor	:	human rights
Descriptor	:	India
Descriptor	:	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	soft and hard power
Descriptor	:	Sri Lanka
Descriptor	:	usa
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341290‬