05295nam 22006253 450 991087559510332120250905110035.0978100330099110033009959781040043509104004350X10.4324/9781003300991(MiAaPQ)EBC31465670(Au-PeEL)EBL31465670(CKB)32756093100041(ODN)ODN0011070230(ScCtBLL)b2430fe6-4cd6-4dea-9b7d-416a8fd07699(EXLCZ)993275609310004120240715d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRoutledge Handbook of Contemporary Sri Lanka1st ed.Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,2024.©2025.1 online resource (469 pages)9781032293080 103229308X 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 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.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.Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / GeneralbisacshReferencebisacshSocial Science / Regional StudiesbisacshSocial sciencesSri LankaPolitics and government21st centurySri LankaEconomic conditions21st centurySri LankaSocial conditions21st centuryReference workslcgftSocial Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / GeneralReferenceSocial Science / Regional StudiesSocial sciences954.9303/2N. Ruwanpura Kanchana1750874Mohamed-Saleem Amjad1750875MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910875595103321Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Sri Lanka4185628UNINA