The Traditional Homelands Of The Tamils

Author : K. M. De Silva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : UOM:39015037420737

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The "traditional Homelands" of the Tamils by K. M. De Silva Pdf

This essay critically examines the arguments advanced in support of Tamil separatist claims for the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and part of the North-Western Province, a region that the Tamils refer to as their "traditional homelands". The author is a historian and Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Sri Lanka. The evolution of the concept of Tamil traditional homelands is traced and the validity of the historical references the separatists use to legitimise their claims are evaluated. The author sees these claims as a contemporary example of the development of a political myth, where myth is taken to mean a tale told to justify some aspect of social order, based on a particular interpretation of facts already present in the culture. The final part of the essay looks at the debate about the homelands during the years 1985-1994, a period which closes with Sinhalese political opinion insisting that the current amalgamation of the Northern and Eastern Provinces be undone. Comparisons are made with other separatist claims in Asia, such as those of the Moros in the Philippines.

Author : Aruḷar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : UOM:39015041082085

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The Traditional Homeland of the Tamils by Aruḷar Pdf

Author : K. M. De Silva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : UOM:39015023605143

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Separatist Ideology in Sri Lanka by K. M. De Silva Pdf

Author : Kingsley M.. De Silva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : 9558014850

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Separatist Ideology in Sri Lanka by Kingsley M.. De Silva Pdf

Author : George Anderson,Sujit Choudhry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192573605

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Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions by George Anderson,Sujit Choudhry Pdf

This collection of essays surveys the full range of challenges that territorial conflicts pose for constitution-making processes and constitutional design. It provides seventeen in-depth case studies of countries going through periods of intense constitutional engagement in a variety of contexts: small distinct territories, bi-communal countries, highly diverse countries with many politically salient regions, and countries where territorial politics is important but secondary to other bases for political mobilization. Specific examples are drawn from Iraq, Kenya, Cyprus, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK (Scotland), Ukraine, Bolivia, India, Spain, Yemen, Nepal, Ethiopia, Indonesia (Aceh), the Philippines (Mindanao), and Bosnia-Herzegovina. While the volume draws significant normative conclusions, it is based on a realist view of the complexity of territorial and other political cleavages (the country's "political geometry"), and the power configurations that lead into periods of constitutional engagement. Thematic chapters on constitution-making processes and constitutional design draw original conclusions from the comparative analysis of the case studies and relate these to the existing literature, both in political science and comparative constitutional law. This volume is essential reading for scholars of federalism, consociational power-sharing arrangements, asymmetrical devolution, and devolution more generally. The combination of in-depth case studies and broad thematic analysis allows for analytical and normative conclusions that will be of major relevance to practitioners and advisors engaged in constitutional design.

Author : Scott Pegg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000708578

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International Society and the De Facto State by Scott Pegg Pdf

Originally published in 1998, International Society and the De Facto Society explores the phenomenon of de facto statehood in contemporary international relations. The de facto state is almost the inverse of what Robert Jackson has termed the ‘quasi-state’. The quasi-state has an ambassador, a flag, and a seat at the United Nations, but it does not function positively as a viable governing entity. Its limitations though, do not detract from sovereign legitimacy. The de facto state, on the other hand, lacks legitimacy yet effectively controls a given territorial area and provides governmental services to a specific population. The book engages in a birth, life, and death or evolution examination of the de facto state.

Author : K M de Silva
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184757118

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Sri Lanka and the Defeat of the LTTE by K M de Silva Pdf

In this comprehensive and authoritative study of terrorism in Sri Lanka, K.M. de Silva turns the spotlight on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its role in Sri Lanka’s upheavals over the last few decades. While tracing the emergence of this separatist group and the events that led to its recent collapse, de Silva also seeks to explore the complex relationship between the so-called moderates in Sri Lankan Tamil politics and the Tamil terrorist groups. What emerges is a layered portrait of the dynamics of Sri Lanka’s political system. Extensively researched and loaded with perceptive insights, Sri Lanka and the Defeat of the LTTE is the most wide-ranging analysis so far on the LTTE and its violent legacy.

Author : Susantha Goonatilake
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761934669

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Recolonisation by Susantha Goonatilake Pdf

Recolonisation contributes to the developing debate which is questioning the role of foreign funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs). There is a growing awareness that they serve as a powerful structural influence which impacts on both organizational landscapes and civil society. In this context, Susantha Goonatilake studies the political economy of NGO activity in Sri Lanka, a country which once had a vibrant democratic tradition and a functioning civil society. Goonatilake contends that focused NGO penetration into the country began in the 1980s simultaneously with the growth of the authoritarian state. He claims that subsequent NGO activity in Sri Lanka has had a deep impact on visible civic life, drawing the conclusion that the work of foreign funded NGOs actually undermines 'locally grown' civil institutions.

Author : K. M. De Silva
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801851491

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Regional Powers and Small State Security by K. M. De Silva Pdf

Regional Powers and Small State Security recounts India's involvement in the affairs of its much smaller neighbor, Sri Lanka, over the question of Tamil separatists in the northern and eastern parts of the island.

Author : Ponna Wignaraja,Akmal Hussain
Publisher : United Nations University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0803996039

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The Challenge in South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja,Akmal Hussain Pdf

This book reflects the crisis of development, the associated crises of state and its impact on regional cooperation in South Asia. The resulting political and social unrest, violence and militarisation of state structures are considered in detail. The contributors to this volume focus on the depth of the crises and articulate alternatives available and sustainable in the South Asian context -- the common heritage, the renewable resource base and the available stock of knowledge which enlarges the range of technological options.

Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190225797

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Sri Lanka in the Modern Age by Nira Wickramasinghe Pdf

On the ethnic relations and politics in post 1978 Sri Lanka.

Author : K M de Silva
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789351184287

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Reaping The Whirlwind by K M de Silva Pdf

A critical analysis of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka In the eighties, Sri Lanka, once considered the ‘model’ colony, was torn apart by ethnic strife between the predominantly Buddhist Sinhalas, constituting almost threequarters of the island’s inhabitants, and the numerically fewer Tamils, who were a mix of Hindus, Christians and Muslims. Massacres occurred after the riots of May 1983, and over time about 1,25,000 Tamils entered India as refugees, fleeing from a virtual civil war which still afflicts the north of the island. The author, a renowned Sri Lankan analyst of global ethnic conflict, discusses the historical reasons behind the ethnic violence, especially the growth of the Sinhalas’ feeling of being a beleagured minority despite their numerical strength. Analysing the present conflict, he shows how the language policy of ‘Sinhala Only’, followed by the government in the sixties, supplanted religion as a divisive factor and how rivalry over educational and employment opportunities fuelled the schism. Bringing the story up to the present, de Silva examines the role played by Indian and Tamil Nadu politicians, and President Kumaratunga’s efforts towards a devolution of power to the Tamil Provinces. But given the LTTE’s acceptance of nothing less than Eelam, he sees little hope of an early end to the violence that has racked Sri Lanka for almost two decades now.

Author : Ramón Máiz,Safran William
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135304010

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Identity and Territorial Autonomy in Plural Societies by Ramón Máiz,Safran William Pdf

Focusing on autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, this work examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Contributors distinguish among types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and unity of the state.

Author : Walter Nubin
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1590335732

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Sri Lanka by Walter Nubin Pdf

This book provides an overview of the development of a small country, which on the one hand, is unique, and on the other hand, is also an interesting reflection and microcosm of the global economy. Sri Lanka's development is one of the contrasts, complicated by social conflicts and ethnic tensions. Social, political, economic and constitutional developments are considered. This is in accordance with the Sri Lankan tradition of seeing the world as a connected whole. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean approximately 18 miles off the south-eastern coast of India with a population of about 19 million. Density is highest in the south-west where Colombo, the country's main port and industrial centre, is located. Sri Lanka is ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. Sri Lanka follows a non-aligned foreign policy. It participates in multilateral diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations, where it seeks to promote sovereignty, independence, and development in the developing world.

Author : Chelvadurai Manogaran,Bryan Pfaffenberger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000306002

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The Sri Lankan Tamils by Chelvadurai Manogaran,Bryan Pfaffenberger Pdf

Within the larger context of bitter ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, this timely volume assembles a multidisciplinary group of scholars to explore the central issue of Tamil identity in this South Asian country. Bringing historical, sociological, political, and geographical perspectives to bear on the subject, the contributors analyze various aspects of