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This 8 page paper looks at the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka along with viable solutions. Ethnic conflicts are discussed and defined in a general sense. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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for - May, 2000 paper properly! I. Introduction The fact that there are
ethnic conflicts worldwide is well known. Even in America, there is strife between people of different races and ethnicities. What is vastly different between some dissension in a country that
allows religious freedom and nations where there are government aligned with one faction or another, is the way in which it plays out and the restrictions it imposes.
It helps to understand exactly what an ethnic conflict is. Many have suggested that ethnic conflicts defy external intervention primarily because they are
ethnicity based (Crocker and Hampson PG). However, there is a danger in putting these very different conflicts into a single, "one-size-fits-all" conceptual dumping ground (PG). The reality is that
there are few cases of true ethnic conflict in the sense of a spontaneous eruption of ethnic antagonisms within any state (PG). Of course, there is Rwanda which was partially
a creation of ambitious, ethnic entrepreneurs (PG). A more obvious instance of immutable ethnic conflict include Afghanistan in 1979, but there are many other examples of this (PG). Still,
even in clear cases, the struggles are often complex, and their outcomes are influenced by local and external factors (PG). In light of such facts, in reviewing contemporary examples of
ethnic conflicts in places like Bosnia, Liberia, Rwanda and Sri Lanka, it is important to be careful when using the label "ethnic conflict " (Crocker and Hampson PG). In light
of these purported ethnic conflicts too is the recognition that other factors are important in these supposed internal dilemmas; the actions and inaction of foreigners and the case-specific balance of
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