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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- World Map -- Chronology -- Chapter 1: Historical Background on Sri Lanka -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. Overview of Sri Lanka -- 2. From Ethnic Tension to Civil War in Sri Lanka: The Road to Black July -- 3. Sri Lanka Lurches Toward Civil War -- Tamil Demands for Autonomy -- 4. Sri Lanka: Muslims and Tamils Deal with the Past -- 5. Sri Lanka Completes Return of War Refugees to Jaffa (Update 1) -- 6. Sri Lanka: Children Still Forced t Fight for Tamil Tigers -- 7. The War in Sri Lanka Ends as the Government Defeats the Tamil Tigers -- 8. A Case for India to Act -- 9. TGTE Salutes Channel 4 for Its Documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields -- Urges International Action -- Chapter 2: Controversies Surrounding Sri Lanka -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. The Conflict in Sri Lanka Was Rooted in Nationalism and Ethnic Intolerance -- 2. A Political Culture of Conflict -- 3. The Conflict in Sri Lanka Was Rooted in Economic Tensions -- 4. Sri Lanka's Policy Toward the Tamil Constituted Genocide -- 5. Genocide in Sri Lanka: Who's Responsible? LTTE's Pirapaharan or Gotabhaya Rajapaksa? -- 6. Breaking the Silence: Remembering Sri Lanka's Killing Fields -- 7. Sri Lankan Model for Post-War Peace -- 8. Sri Lanka's Peace Is Marred by Ongoing Oppression of Minorities -- Chapter 3: Personal Narratives -- Chapter Exercises -- 1. A Sinhalese Civil Servant Recalls the 1958 and 1983 Riots in Sri Lanka -- 2. A Tamil Emigre Remembers Her Experiences as a Child Soldier -- 3. Scenes from Hell Inside Sri Lanka "No-Fire" Zone -- 4. Former Detainee Describes Conditions in Sri Lankan Internment Camps -- Glossary -- Organizations to Contact -- List of Primary Source Documents -- For Further Reseach -- Index -- Back Cover

Ausgehend von der historischen Entwicklung der seit 1948 von Großbritannien unabhängigen Insel Ceylon, die sich 1972 zur Republik Sri Lanka erklärte, stellt der Verfasser des Handbuchartikels zunächst die Geschichte der Gewerkschaftsbewegung dar. Im weiteren wird auf Größe und Struktur der Gewerkschaften sowie die rechtlichen Grundlagen für deren Aktivitäten eingegangen. Neben den Schwerpunkten gewerkschaftlicher Tätigkeit befaßt sich der Autor noch mit den Arbeitsbeziehungen in Sri Lanka. Die gewerkschaftliche Politik im Lande konzentriert sich auf die Beseitigung der Arbeitslosigkeit und die Interessenvertretung der Plantagenarbeiter. Ergänzt wird die inhaltliche Darstellung durch Literaturhinweise und die Anschriften der Gewerkschaftsbünde. (KS)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSri Lanka''s 2009 Stand-By Arrangement was initiated at the onset of the global financial crisis. It also coincided with the ending of the country''s decades-old civil conflict. This unusual combination of circumstances made the program subject to very high economic uncertainty. The immediate imperative was to avert a balance of payments crisis— allowing for an orderly exchange rate adjustment and a rebuilding of external reserves— so as to forestall a shock with socially disruptive consequences. Recognizing the role of fiscal imbalances in the crisis, the program called for a