POLI 322 Lecture Notes - United National Party, Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Majoritarianism
2 Oct 2014
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Sri lanka: ethnic conflict and civil war: ethnic arithmetic, language: sinhala 74%, tamil 25% Language was the main divide in sri lanka. Christians are divided between sinhalese and tamil speakers: religion: buddhist 69%, hindu 16%, christian 8%, muslim 7, politically relevant groups: Plantation tamil 5. 5: also called indian tamils groups brought over to sri lanka in the 19th and 20th centuries by british rule, at the same time when indians were transported to work on plantations in fiji, Malaysia, caribbean, etc: ethnic party system, focused on sinhalese buddhist nationalism with the politics of language reinforcing the politics of religion. Buddhist revivalists claimed buddhism had a special place in sri. Lanka since the birth of buddhism drawing on concerns and fears about the isolation of buddhism in sri lanka in the south asian context (they"re not the majority in any country except sri lanka until. Sinhalese = majority with a minority complex.
