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    The Victorian American Era and the Emergence of People’s Movements
    (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019) Karunarathna, Ransi
    The term “Victorianism” derived from Queen Victoria reflected the heavy British command on its colonies during colonial times. “Victorian America” is a time referring to the broad influence of the Victorianism and the Victorian English lifestyle, values that became dominant over the American socio political culture in 1800’s. The Victorian era in America pressurized almost every aspect of American society. At its peak, the Victorian American culture provoked severe political, social, cultural changes and issues. This empowered people’s movements, and the contemporary political landscape in United States of America very much a recreation of these movements. Throughout this era, race, gender and immigration had been the leading basis to fight for the civil liberties. The main objective of this study is to understand the Victorian influence on American political landscape and to examine how that motivated Americans to fight for civil liberties collectively. The paper brings out some of the main movements such as women’s suffrage movement, temperance leagues, and abolitionist movement and further, elaborate on their contribution in fighting for civil rights. Further, the study attempts to capture how contemporary American landscape was shaped by these movements. This is a secondary source based study involving review of literature and documents. Considering the findings of the study, paper brings out that the civil liberty fights in 1800’s are consequences of Victorian American crisis. Further, the paper argues that, “even though the Victorian values had a constant commitment to influence the social landscape of the United States of America, It has motivated a rapid emergence of people’s movements.”
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    Peace and Reconciliation Efforts in Post War Sri Lanka and the Effectiveness of Transitional Justice in Peace Building as a Reconciliation Mechanism
    (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019) Karunarathna, Ransi
    When Sri Lanka ended the 30 year long civil war in 2009, the international community expected the Sri Lankan government to introduce the reconciliation mechanisms as the war victory was replaced by the rapid development process. Parallel to that, the 2009 government made efforts in rehabilitation of ex-combatants, off the direct violence and their resettlement, but was unable to fortify a persistent mechanism to reconcile the wounded communities. Reconciliation mechanisms were stately introduced to Sri Lanka in 2015 and the transitional justice mechanism was adopted as pledged to the international community. The mechanism was based on four pillars which included Truth seeking, Criminal prosecution, Reparation, and Institutional reform. But the same ethnic tensions among the communities have continued and the minorities who left the country remain distant and they continue to have an impact on international community as the diaspora. The main objective of this study is to understand the peace and reconciliation efforts that have been undertaken in the post war Sri Lanka and further seeks to examine the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanism in peace building. This study is a desk study and data are collected through secondary sources which include review of documents, reports, journal articles and related literature. Considering the findings of the study, the paper argues that, Sri Lanka’s transitional justice process has not succeeded as per the desired expectations. Further recommending that the reconciliation mechanism need to be revised and reconstructed by adopting new peace building techniques. Further, providing consistent support and investment in transitional justice, direct government involvement in guaranteeing of non-recurrence, adopting approaches that address gender hierarchies and encouraging local activists and civil society to become stakeholders in transitional justice.