Political Parties in Sri Lanka

Change and Continuity
Herausgeber: Shastri, Amita; Uyangoda, Jayadeva

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume analyses the changing role and impact of political parties in contemporary Sri Lanka. It examines their functioning in a context of severe ethnic conflict, transformations of the political structure, changes in the electoral system, rapid social change, and globalization. It also covers the crucial presidential and parliamentary elections of 2015 and reflects on the experience of individual political parties.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199479634
• ISBN-10: 0199479631
• Artikelnr.: 54535768

Autorenporträt

Amita Shastri is professor of political science at San Francisco State University, California, USA. Jayadeva Uyangoda is emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables and Figures
* Preface
* List of Abbreviations
* Introduction by Amita Shastri and Jayadeva Uyangoda
* 1. Impact of Electoral Changes on Parties and the Party System in Sri
Lanka by Amita Shastri
* 2. Changing Dynamics of the Party-Voter Nexus by Pradeep Peiris
* 3. United National Party: From Dominance to Opposition and Back by
Amita Shastri
* 4. Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Continuity through Ideological and Policy
Shifts by Jayadeva Uyangoda and Keerthi Ariyadasa
* 5. Left Parties in Permanent Decline: Ideological and Strategy
Shifts, Survival Strategies, and Consequences by Jayadeva Uyangoda
* 6. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and Radical Politics in Contemporary Sri
Lanka by Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
* 7. Tamil Nationalism, Political Parties, and War-torn Political
Culture by Ahilan Kadirgamar
* 8. Sri Lanka Muslim Congress: Politics of a Minority Ethnic Party by
Minna Thaheer
* 9. Party Politics in the Plantation Community: Growth and Changes by
R. Ramesh
* 10. Women and Political Parties in Sri Lanka by Kamala Liyanage
* Biography
* Index
* About the Editors and Contributors