Blowback - Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, Ethnic Conflict in Sri

Zusatztext "Neil DeVotta's devastating indictment of Sinhala linguistic nationalism offers a well-researched historical narrative and theoretical discussion of the origins of the conflict." Informationen zum Autor Neil DeVotta is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College, New York. Klappentext In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one another on who could provide the greatest advantages for their community, using the Sinhala language as their instrument. The appeal to Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the country's official language with Sinhala and Tamil (the language of Sri Lanka's principal minority) was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language in 1956. The Tamils' subsequent protests led to anti-Tamil riots and institutional decay, which meant that supposedly representative agencies of government catered to Sinhalese preferences and blatantly disregarded minority interests. This in turn led to the Tamils' mobilizing, first politically then militarily, and by the mid-1970s Tamil youth were bent on creating a separate state. Zusammenfassung In the 1950s Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the main language and replace with it with Sihala and Tamil was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language. This work looks at the subsequent outcome this had.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Devotta, Neil Devotta, Devotta Neil
• Editore: Stanford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.04.2004
• EAN: 9780804749237
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-4923-7
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary Issues in Asia an; Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary Issues in Asia an
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva