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Y OUTH AND P OLITICS IN SRI LANKA

Y OUTH AND P OLITICS IN SRI LANKA. P RADEEP P EIRIS Delhi, 24 th November 2008. Profile. Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 12%, Muslim 7% and Estate Tamils 6% Main religions are Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christian 30% of the Sri Lankan population belongs to the age group of 15 to 29

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Y OUTH AND P OLITICS IN SRI LANKA

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  1. YOUTH AND POLITICSIN SRI LANKA PRADEEP PEIRIS Delhi, 24th November 2008

  2. Profile • Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 12%, Muslim 7% and Estate Tamils 6% • Main religions are Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christian • 30% of the Sri Lankan population belongs to the age group of 15 to 29 • Literacy rate 91.8 in general. Amongst Men 94.3% and amongst women 89.4% (1997 DCS) • Level of unemployment amongst the A/L qualified is 15%.

  3. Profile contd. • Unemployment by age • 20 to 24 years 35.8% • 25 to 29 years 16% • 30 to 39 years 8% • Employed areas: • 24% employed Skill agriculture and fisheries • 23.3% elementary occupations • Desiring an occupation in: • 21% clerical • 0% in fisheries and agriculture

  4. Politics • Patronage politics hindered youth entering into public office. • Regulations too has failed to change the situation • Nomination 30% from political parties for provincial and local election.(1990 presidential commission) • State of Democracy In South Asia (2004) provides valuable insight about youth and politics • Support for democracy • Procedural • Substantive • Political Participation • Ideology

  5. Politics • Electoral participation is less amongst the urban youth • Compared to other ethnic groups, electoral participation of Tamil youth is significantly low.

  6. Politics • Compared to older people youth discuss politics more often

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  9. Politics • Significant proportion of women and urban youth express their skepticism whether their vote can make any difference

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  17. Comments • Prefer democracy over its alternatives • Yet, prefer delegative forms of democratic government • Sri Lankan youth divided on ethnic line • Rising ethno religious extremism • We are strong market liberals but week liberal democrats.

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