| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 262 pages) |
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Routledge Research in International Law |
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Routledge research in international law.
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| Contents |
Conceptual setting : separatism, secession and irredentism rights -- Nation building and minority rights -- The island : the people and colonial policy -- The evolution of 'communalism' -- The Ponnambalam brothers -- Tamil 'communalism' rises with G.G. Ponnambalam as its impresario -- The passing of the baton : the rise of new leadership in the Jaffna Peninsula -- The winter of discontent in Tamil communalism -- Thamil Arasu and S.J.V. Chelvanayakam -- Awakening the political consciousness of the Tamils : the Federal Party's modus operandi -- The role of Sinhalese nationalism -- The government considers devolution of power as a solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka |
| Summary |
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 understanding that a minority which is linguistically, religiously or ethnically distinctive is entitled to self-determination if their aspirations cannot be met. This book explores the relationship between minorit |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Self-determination, National -- Sri Lanka
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Tamil (Indic people) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Sri Lanka
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Secession -- Sri Lanka
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LAW -- International.
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Politics and government
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Secession
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Self-determination, National
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India, South -- Politics and government
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South India
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Sri Lanka
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pillay, N. (Nirmala), author.
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| ISBN |
9781135119713 |
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1135119716 |
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