| Physical description |
pages cm. |
| Series |
Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific. |
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Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
2. Ethnic Identities and Politics Before Independence 21 -- 3. From Linguistic Parity to Sinhala-Only 42 -- 4. Official Language Act of 1956 73 -- 5. Institutional Decay: The Consequences of the Official Language Act, 1956-77 92 -- 6. From Linguistic Nationalism to Civil War 143 -- 7. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Ethnic Conflict 166 -- A. Official Language Act, No. 33 of 1956 207 -- B. Resolutions Passed at the Fifth (Special) National Convention of Federal Party (1957) 208 -- C. "Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact" (1957) 209 -- D. Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Act, No. 28 of 1958 211 -- E. Agreement Between Dudley Senanayake and S. J. V. Chelvanayakam (1965) 212 -- F. Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Regulations (1966) 213 -- G. Vaddukkoddai Resolution (1976) 213 -- H. LTTE Proposal for an Interim Self-Governing Authority for the Northeast (2003) 217. |
| Summary |
This book analyzes the way ethnic outbidding, initiated by Sinhalese linguistic nationalists in the mid-1950s, led to the unfair treatment of Sri Lanka's minorities and to institutional decay, which in turn mobilized the Tamils to seek a separate state. The author's explanation, based on hitherto overlooked primary research, utilizes a historical institutionalist perspective and encompasses primordialist, constructivist, and instrumentalist explanations to explain Sri Lanka's civil war. |
| Subject |
Ethnic conflict -- Sri Lanka.
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Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Politics and government.
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Nationalism -- Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978-
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Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
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Sri Lanka -- Languages -- Political aspects.
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| ISBN |
080474923X (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0804749248 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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