 |
|
| State-Building, Power-Sharing Discourse, and Political Autonomy of Minorities within Ethno-Nationalist Gloom in Sri Lanka | ||
| 作者 | Yusoffe, Mohammad Agus (著) ; Sarjoonl, Athambawa (著) ; Abdul Wahab, Abd Rashid (著) |
|---|---|
| 出處題名 | Journal of Politics and Law |
| 卷期 | v.9 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2016.03 |
| 頁次 | 88 - 96 |
| 出版者 | Canadian Center of Science and Education |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.ccsenet.org/ |
| 出版地 | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada [列治文山, 安大略, 加拿大] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author Affiliation: Mohammad Agus Yusoff, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia; Athambawa Sarjoon, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia & University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Abd Rashid Abdul Wahab, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. |
| 關鍵詞 | State-building; power-sharing; political autonomy; ethno-nationalism; minorities; Sri Lanka |
| 摘要 | Positioning minority concerns within a power-sharing mechanism is a key issue that has been influential in Sri Lanka's modern state-building process experimented from the later part of the colonial period. Throughout the post-independent era, most state-building projects were critically debated with regard to sharing political autonomy between the majority Sinhalese and the minorities. This study attempts to locate the claims and concerns of minorities seeking political autonomy in Sri Lanka's state-building and power-sharing discourse. The study found that the state-building process in Sri Lanka has always been a struggle between establishing a majoritarian-ethno-nationalist hegemonic state system and preserving the right of minority ethnic groups to political power-sharing. The study further found that (a) insufficient emphasis given towards understanding power-sharing and federalism as a means to accommodate diverse interests and rights, including the political autonomy rights of minorities, (b) the opportunistic politics of opposition parties, and (c) the ethno-nationalist agenda of the majority Sinhalese were the major factors that have induced to undermine the minorities' claims for political autonomy. The ultimate result of this is the continuous struggles by minorities to situate their political autonomy demands within Sri Lanka's state-building and power-sharing discourse. |
| 目次 | Abstract 88 Keywords 88 1. Introduction 88 2. Minority Concerns and Claims for Political Autonomy in the State-Building Process 89 2.1 Setting the Scene 89 2.2 Federalist versus Unitarist Discourse and Minorities' Concerns 90 2.3 Political Agreements and Minorities' Demands for Political Autonomy 91 2.4 Post-Civil War Context, Minorities and Power-Sharing Discourse 93 3. Conclusion 94 References 94 Notes 96 Copyrights 96 |
| ISSN | 19139047 (P); 19139055 (E) |
| DOI | 10.5539/jpl.v9n1p88 |
| 點閱次數 | 111 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.06.27 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.06.27 |
建議您使用 Chrome, Firefox, Safari(Mac) 瀏覽器能獲得較好的檢索效果，IE不支援本檢索系統。
