Book
Sri Lanka: ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of democracy
The University of Chicago Press ; The University of Chicago Press, Ltd. • Chicago, Ill. • Published In 1991 • Pages:
By: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja.
Abstract
This work focuses on the historical events of the post-independence period (ca. 1948) of Sri Lanka and contains a critical analysis by Tambiah of the causes of the violent conflict between the majority Sinhalese population and the minority Tamils. The author demonstrates that the crisis described in detail in the text is the result of a combination of societal stresses -- '…educational expansion, linguistic policy, unemployment, uneven income distribution, population movements, contemporary uses of the past as religious and national ideology, and trends toward authoritarianism -- rather than age-old racial and religious differences' (cover).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Sociologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1948-1983
- Coverage Place
- Sri Lanka
- Notes
- S. J. Tambiah
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and index
- LCCN
- 85024598
- LCSH
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)