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In the past decade, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by political tragedy as successive governments have failed to settle the grievances of the Tamil minority in a way acceptable to the majority Sinhala population. The new Premadasa presidency faces huge economic and political problems with large section...

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Weitere Verfasser: Spencer, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 1990.
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Zusammenfassung:In the past decade, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by political tragedy as successive governments have failed to settle the grievances of the Tamil minority in a way acceptable to the majority Sinhala population. The new Premadasa presidency faces huge economic and political problems with large sections of the island under the control of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force (IPKF) and militant separatist Tamil groups operating in the north and south. This book is not a conventional political history of Sri Lanka. Instead, it attempts to shed fresh light on the historical roots of the ethnic crisis a.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0203407415
9780203407417
9780415044615
0415044618

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