Citizenship and statelessness in Sri Lanka : the case of the Tamil estate workers /

'Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka' analyses the context of the agreement between the Sri Lankan and Indian government that led to the loss of citizenship of Indian Tamil estate workers in Sri Lanka.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kanapathipillai, Valli
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009.
Series:Anthem South Asian studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1948-1988.
Tamil (Indic people) > Sri Lanka > Social conditions > 20th century.
Tamil (Indic people) > Legal status, laws, etc. > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Plantation workers > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Repatriation > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Return migration > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Statelessness > Sri Lanka > History > 20th century.
Tamouls > Sri Lanka > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs des plantations > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rapatriement > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Migration de retour > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Apatridie > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Citizenship
Ethnic relations
International relations
Plantation workers
Repatriation
Return migration
Statelessness
Tamil (Indic people) > Social conditions
Landarbeiter
Staatsangehörigkeit
Sri Lanka > Relations > India.
India > Relations > Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
India
Sri Lanka
Inder.
Tamilen.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Raising questions
  • Colonialism : the burden of history
  • 1948 : disenfranchisement
  • 1954 : the agreement that failed
  • 1964 : the agreement that "succeeded"
  • 1967 : the start of the implementation
  • 1970-1977 : "Sirima Times" : pressure to leave
  • 1988 : the end of a saga
  • Retrospection.

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