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The Operational Code of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

dc.contributor.advisorWheeler, Ronen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStory, Donalden_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHandy, Jimen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMacLeod, Allanen_US
dc.creatorLoewen, Mairinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-21T19:01:13Z
dc.date.available2014-01-21T19:01:13Z
dc.date.created2013-07en_US
dc.date.issued2013-10-09en_US
dc.date.submittedJuly 2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Tamil Tigers were one of the most organized, focused, and influential organizations in Asian politics during the last three decades. Throughout the existence of the organization, the goal of the LTTE was to establish a separate Tamil state – Tamil Eelam - comprising the Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka where Tamil-speaking populations were dense. The Sri Lankan civil war, which ended in May of 2009, claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced hundreds of thousands of residents, and impeded the economic well-being of Sri Lanka. This thesis employs the operational code analysis as a way to better understand the character, behaviour, and norms of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. An additional purpose of this thesis is to test the utility of this model in the case of a terrorist organization such as the LTTE. The Operational Code Analysis framework was premiered by Nathan Leites in his two-part study of the Bolshevik Party, and was subsequently revived and re-imagined by a number of academics. The iteration of the Operational Code framework used in this thesis is a qualitative analysis which is comprised of ten questions: five ‘philosophical’ and five ‘instrumental’. This examination reveals that while this model has much to offer in analyzing this terrorist organization, it is in some ways a flawed method of exposition. However, the model produces unexpected insights about the stated beliefs of the LTTE.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-07-1168en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectLTTEen_US
dc.subjectSri Lankaen_US
dc.subjectOperational Code Analysisen_US
dc.titleThe Operational Code of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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