Blowback Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Name: Blowback Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
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ISBN: 9780804749244

ISBN-10: 0804749248

ISBN-13: 9780804749244

Edition: 2004

Authors: Neil DeVotta

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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 Sinhala and Tamil was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language. This work looks at the subsequent outcome this had.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 4/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Abbreviations



An Overview



Ethnic Identities and Politics Before Independence



From Linguistic Parity to Sinhala-Only



The Official Language Act of 1956



Institutional Decay: The Consequences of the Official Language Act, 1956-77



From Linguistic Nationalism to Civil War



The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Ethnic Conflict



Conclusion


Appendixes



The Official Language Act, No. 33 of 1956



Resolutions Passed at the Fifth (Special) National Convention of Federal Party (1957)



The "Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact" (1957)



The Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Act, No. 28 of 1958



The Agreement Between Dudley Senanayake and S. J. V. Chelvanayakam (1965)



The Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Regulations (1966)



The Vaddukkoddai Resolution (1976)



The LTTE Proposal for an Interim Self-Governing Authority for the Northeast (2003)


Notes


References


Index