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UNINA9910875595103321 |
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Autore |
N. Ruwanpura Kanchana |
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Titolo |
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Sri Lanka |
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Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024 |
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©2025 |
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ISBN |
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9781003300991 |
1003300995 |
9781040043509 |
104004350X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (469 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General |
Reference |
Social Science / Regional Studies |
Social sciences |
Reference works |
Sri Lanka Politics and government 21st century |
Sri Lanka Economic conditions 21st century |
Sri Lanka Social conditions 21st century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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If I was president, Sarah Kabir -- Slivers of Sri Lanka : sways, stability, and system change? / Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Amjad Mohamed Saleem -- Island Imaginaries: Insularity, repetition, and the spatial politics of the national / Tariq Jazeel -- Authoritarian Politics and Gender in Sri Lanka: A Survey / Rajni Gamage -- Nationalism, Conflict and Power-Sharing / Bart Klem -- Centring Conflict: Contemporary Sri Lanka in Perspective / Shamara Wettimuny -- Defining Sri Lanka's Identity: Reflections on key constitutional and the legal moments / Bhavani Fonseka and Luwie Niranjan -- Imagining the Nation: A critical overview of Sinhala Nationalism and its cultural coordinates / Harshana Rambukwella -- Eastern Muslims of Sri Lanka: Developing an Identity Consciousness / Abu Bakar Rameez & M.A.M Fowzer -- Transitional |
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Justice: State of Play in Sri Lanka / Farah Mihlar -- Contemporary Gender Activism: Engaging the Law and the State / Kaushlya Ariyaratne and Kiran Grewal -- Sri Lanka's Foreign Debt Crisis: Deep Roots? / Umesh Moramudali -- The Sri Lankan Economy: Hope, Despair and Prospects / Prema-Chandra Athukorala -- Gender inequality in Sri Lanka's Economy: Persistent Challenges / Dileni Gunewardena -- Unveiling the Margins: Women, Caste, Class and Post-War Development in Sri Lanka's North and East / Narayani Sritharan -- Higher education in Sri Lanka: Key Topics / Kaushalya Perera -- Informality, Masculinity, and Agglomeration Imaginaries / Nipesh Narayanan -- The work and lives of agricultural workers / Cinthya M. Caron -- The Gendered Political Economy of Work in Post-War Sri Lanka / Jayanthi Lingam -- Work and life of Sri Lankan garment factory workers: A Gendered Perspective / Shyamain Wickramasinghe -- Microfinance, debt and indebtedness of rural sector workers in Sri Lanka / Nedha de Silva & Amali Welagadara -- Following currents: Oceanic and littoral Sri Lanka / Rapti Siriwardena-De Zoysa -- A political ecology of Sri Lanka's urban and regional wetlands / Missaka Hettiarachchi -- Sri Lanka's Energy Transition: One step forward, Two steps back / MeeNilankco Theiventhran -- Environmental protection in Sri Lanka: A Critical Legal Approach / Kalana Senaratne -- Ecological States: Nature, Militarization, and Nationalism in Sri Lanka / Vivian Choi -- Sri Lanka's environmental history / Sujit Sivasundaram -- Public Health System of Sri Lanka: Past, Present and Future / Shashika Bandara -- Politicising 'the Virtual': Examining the Internet on the Intersections of Gender, and Sexuality in Sri Lanka / Senel Wanniarachchi and Zahrah Rizwan -- Feminist pathways and political possibilities in Sri Lankan plantation studies, Mythri Jegathesan -- Caste in Contemporary Sri Lanka / Dominic Essler -- Dynamics of low-income settlements in Colombo, Sri Lanka / Alikhan Mohideen -- Covid-19: Sri Lanka's Moral Test / Santhushya Fernando -- People in the Palace / Dinesha Samaratane -- After Aragalaya: Moving beyond the status quo? / Oliver Walton -- Consolidating a Dangerous Consensus : the failure of Sri Lanka's public policy complex in 2019 / Kusum Wijetilleke -- The 'dreary pillage of privacy', talking economics in Colombo's tower blocks / Michael Collyer. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This handbook offers a comprehensive overview on issues facing Sri Lanka and an overview delineating some key moments in the country's contemporary polity, economy, and sociality. |
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