斯里兰卡民族冲突析论

绵延不绝的斯里兰卡民族冲突在很大程度上是西方殖民统治的产物。１９世纪英国殖民者逐步确立的单一制的中央集权体制深深地埋下了民族冲突的根源。独立后民族问题因成为政党竞争的政治筹码而日益复杂化。一直由僧伽罗族控制的中央政府在巩固单一制政体的过程中，采取了一系列针对泰米尔人的民族歧视政策，长久的民族积怨导致斯里兰卡的民族冲突愈演愈烈，旷日持久。

Racial Conflict in Sri Lanka

To a Great extent, the prolonged racial conflict in Sri Lanka is the result of western colonial rule. The unitary system under central government, established by the British colonialists in the 19th century, sowed the seeds of racial conflict in that country. After independence, the national problem grew increasingly complicated when it became a card of political competition. In consolidating the unitary system, the Sinhalese-dominated central government took a series of policies of racial prejudice against the Tamil. The deep ethnic rift resulted in fierce and prolonged racial conflict in Sri Lanka.