Sri Lanka: An Ethnocratic State Endangering Positive Peace in the Island

Although proclaimed as a democratic republic, the Sri Lankan state is strongly controlled and ruled by Sinhala Buddhist influence due to a deep engrained belief that the island belongs to the Sinhala Buddhists. The modus operandi of the Sri Lankan state apparatus outlines the ethnocratic characteri...

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Main Author: Nirmanusan Balasundaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2016-11-01
Series:Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/5194