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The Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka: From Communalism to Secession book cover

1st Edition

The Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka From Communalism to Secession

By Gnanapala Welhengama, Nirmala Pillay Copyright 2014
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge
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Among the examples of civil wars, armed secessionist movements and minority uprisings in the world today, many involve conflict between a minority group’s aim for political self-determination, and the nation state’s resistance to any diminution of sovereignty. With the expansion of the international regime of human rights, minority groups have reconceptualised their struggle with the... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Island and its People  3. The gift of Empire  4. The Dawn of Communalism  5. The role of Tamil Politicians of the time: The Ponnambalm Brothers  6. Winter of Discontent: Tamil Communalism  7. Politicians who championed communalism: G.G. Ponnambalm  8. The Emergence of Federalism  9. Edging Towards Secession.  10. Tamil separatism. Was it due to Sinhala Communalism?  11. Tamil Eelam by Virtue of Self-Determination  12. Devolution of Power as a Solution to the Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka  13. Conclusion

Biography

G. Welhengama is now retired but was previously principle of the Liverpool Community College. He was a lawyer and judge in Sri Lanka and also stood as an MP for the Rajapaksha party in Sri Lanka, before teaching at Liverpool John Moores University in the Faculty of Law.

Nirmala Pillay is senior lecturer in law at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

 

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