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Sri Lankan society is commonly held to be ‘pluralist’, representing ‘the enmeshing of diversity in racial-religious and regional-linguistic terms’ (Phadnis, 1989: 143). A multi-ethnic society has been shaped over centuries under the influence of the island’s proximity to India and the policies of colonial powers. The Sinhalese, who comprise around 74 per cent of the country’s 17.5 million population, trace their origins back to migrations from Northern India around 2,500 years ago. They speak Sinhala and are predominantly Buddhist.
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Hulme, D., Sanderatne, N. (1995). Sri Lanka: Democracy and Accountability in Decline (1948–93). In: Healey, J., Tordoff, W. (eds) Votes and Budgets. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24286-3_4
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