Sri Lanka
Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3965374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Hallisey |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 498 |
| Publication date | 1988-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy, Tissa Fernando, 1987 |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/603884 |
| OpenAlex | W2098121975 |
| Language | EN |
1 Backdrop. 2. The Riots of 1983 and Their Origins: Deep Tensions and Surface Features. 3. The Horror Story. 4. Probing below the Surface. 5. From British Raj to Independence: A Sketch of the Antecedents. 6. Two Social Profiles. 7. Reflections on Political Violence in Our Time. 8. What Is to Be Done? A Prescription for the Future. 9. Epilogue: Biographical Interweavings. Appendix 1. Judges come under attack: from The Times (of London), 18 January 1984. Appendix 2. The Sinhalese-Tamil Riots of 1958: from W. Wriggins: Ceylon: Dilemmas of a New Nation. Appendix 3. Sri Lanka's Ethnic Problem: myths and Realities: Report of the Committee for National Development, November 1983. Appendix 4. Report Made to Religious Organisation, 25 July 1984. Appendix 5. Sri Lanka - Who Wants a Separate State? A publication of the Ministry of State, the Government of Sri Lanka, Overseas Information Series, no. 9 (11 November 1983). Notes. Index
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