Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’

D B Subedi; Siri Hettige

Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’

D B Subedi
, Siri Hettige

Peace Studies

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This chapter investigates how populist politics interacts with nationalism in contemporary Sri Lanka. It analyzes the populist political strategies of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa since 2010 and considers how their leadership styles impacted traditional patronage politics and nationalist agendas, producing a distinctive populist nationalist discourse. We show that the emerging populist nationalist political phenomenon in Sri Lanka has created a complex interplay between populist mobilizing structures, leadership, and ideology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific
Editors	D B Subedi, Howard Brasted, Karin von Strokirch, Alan Scott
Place of Publication	Abingdon, United Kingdom
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	223-239
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9781003160014, 9780367748777, 9780367701857
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2023

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Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’. / Subedi, D B; Hettige, Siri.
The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific. ed. / D B Subedi; Howard Brasted; Karin von Strokirch; Alan Scott. 1. ed. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2023. p. 223-239.

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