Class notes Sst

tease of Belgium Cafe of GI £anka_ Accommodation in
Belgium :
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Geography
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:
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It Island nation southern
regional
was on

They eeeeognised the existence of
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-




Tamil Nadu
-
Small
country in Europe
coast
Of .
and cultural
differences .




amended their constitution 4 times
Population about 2
They
.


is
-


-

Population about a crore -
crore .




Shares border with France ,
Modelo
Belgian
o
Social
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Netherlands .
Germany and →
Major group → Elements - of - -
Luxembourg
-


* Ethnic 9) No
of French and Dutch
speaking people
composition :
.




Sinhala Tamil
got equal representation
-
in central
government
- -



speakers
.



59% Dutch speakers live in speakers
( 74%)
-



( 98%)
Flemish region .
%) Many powers of central
government have


- 40% French speakers live in Snihankan
Tamil
Indian been
given
to state
government .




Tamil
Wallonia ( 93%3
(whose tone iii ) Separate government in Brussels with
.




In Brussels (capital city ) 80%
fathers French and Dutch
equal representation of
came
-




from India as
were
friends speakers and 20%
people
) speaking
.




were Dutch .
plantation workers


Dutch speakers majority in
) Community
were
:
Religious composition iv
government elected
for
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→ was

country but
minority in
capital
-

related
.




cultural and
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handling language
-

French
community was
minority 9) Sinhala speakers ( Buddhist) issues .




but rich and
of Europe came
in
country which countries
was
many
%) Tamil )
Hindu and

powerful ,
was resented speakers ( Muslim
together to
form the European union

by Dutch
speaking community with Brussels head
.
as
Some speakers either Sinhala
- In 9950 -
Ceos tension between
, or Tamil Cchuistian) quarters .




these two communities were severe :
of Tamils ;
Why
9 desirable
Sharing is
Reaction S
in Brussels
→
Power desirable -
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. -
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.
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Majoritarianism
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-
Started parties and
struggle
-
foe :
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g) Recognising Tamil
as an
official Moral
-
A belief that
majority community Prudential Moral reason Reagon
language
.
- -
-
the
should rule the
country way they Rease Power is
power sharing sharing of
-



,
is
%)
-




want .
Regional autonomy -

Helps to reduce the very spirit of
the
very spirit

) Equal opportunity the possibility
of conflict democracy
.



iii
→
Majoritarianism Sri Lanka democracy
o
in .


between social
group
o o



atung
.


- -
However their demands
-
-




not considered and
After in 9948
FOIN tf PONT SHIT
were
-



independence , →
see, Lanka ,
s
government was
this
generated the afferent political pansies and
alienation groups
feeling of
s pressure
dominated
by Sinhala community .

°


days Ig formation of
:



The elected
government adopted among them coalition government
.

a
Political parties S

Among different
than
-
.
in which more


series of Majoritarianism measures
Horizontal Vertical social and pressure
one
panty come
group
distribution groups together form
to establish Sinhala Supremacy . distribution
Such as
religious government
.
-




among different)organs
( Cat different levels) e.g formation
government
-




Steps by were:
.




taken

linguistic groups
-

-
-
and of coalition
-




of government
centrageovemment
9) 9956 -

Sinhala was declared government in
official Communal
language thus
Eg : which more than
-

,
state
government
Tamil Legislative Judiciary government party
one

disregarding
.




together
come

Belgium
executive

%) Puefenential policies favoured local
government form government .




and
Sinhala people in
colleges
jobs
.




Panchayat tnuapality
iii ) A new constitution stipulated
that the state shall protect
and
foster Buddhism .