Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Sri Lanka

Herausgeber: Mohamed Saleem, Amjad; N. Ruwanpura, Kanchana

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 986g
• ISBN-13: 9781032293080
• ISBN-10: 103229308X
• Artikelnr.: 70148958

Autorenporträt

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura is a Professor of Development Geography, the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and an Honorary Fellow at CSAS, at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Amjad Mohamed Saleem currently works at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations xi List of Contributors xiii Acknowledgements xviii
PART I Introduction 1 If I was President 3 Sarah Kabir Slivers of Sri
Lanka: Sways, Stability, and System Change? 7 Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and
Amjad Mohamed Saleem PART II Nations and Nationalism 31 1 Island
Imaginaries: Insularity, Repetition, and the Spatial Politics of the
National 33 Tariq Jazeel 2 Authoritarian Politics and Gender in Sri Lanka:
A Survey 43 Rajni Gamage 3 Nationalism, Conflict, and Power-Sharing 55
Bart Klem 4 Centring Conflict: Contemporary Sri Lanka in Perspective 68
Shamara Wettimuny PART III Politics, State, and Institutions 81 5 Defining
Sri Lanka's Identity: Reflections on Key Constitutional and the Legal
Moments 83 Bhavani Fonseka and Luwie Niranjan Ganeshathasan 6 Imagining the
Nation: A Critical Overview of Sinhala Nationalism and Its Cultural
Coordinates 94 Harshana Rambukwella 7 Eastern Muslims of Sri Lanka:
Developing an Identity Consciousness 106 Aboobacker Rameez and Mohamed
Anifa Mohamed Fowsar 8 Transitional Justice: State of Play in Sri Lanka 118
Farah Mihlar 9 Contemporary Gender Activism: Engaging the Law and the State
130 Kaushalya Ariyarathne and Kiran Grewal PART IV Economy and Political
Economy 145 10 Sri Lanka's Foreign Debt Crisis: Deep Roots? 147 Umesh
Moramudali 11 The Sri Lankan Economy: Hope, Despair, and Prospects 162
Prema-chandra Athukorala 12 Gender Equality in Sri Lanka's Economy:
Persistent Challenges 176 Dileni Gunewardena 13 Unveiling the Margins:
Women, Caste, Class, and Post-War Development in Sri Lanka's North and East
194 Narayani Sritharan 14 Higher Education in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Key
Topics 207 Kaushalya Perera PART V Work and Life 219 15 Informality,
Masculinity, and Agglomeration Imaginaries 221 Nipesh Palat Narayanan 16
The Work and Lives of Agricultural Workers 231 Cynthia M. Caron 17 The
Gendered Political Economy of Work in Post-War Sri Lanka 242 Jayanthi
Thiyaga Lingham 18 Work and Life of Sri Lankan Garment Factory Workers: A
Gendered Perspective 253 Shyamain Wickramasingha 19 Microfinance, Debt and
Indebtedness of Rural Sector Workers in Sri Lanka 264 Nedha de Silva and
Amali Wedagedara PART VI Environment and Environmental Politics 275 20
Following Currents: Oceanic and Littoral Sri Lanka 277 Rapti Siriwardane-de
Zoysa 21 A Political Ecology of Sri Lanka's Urban and Regional Wetlands 288
Missaka Hettiarachchi 22 Sri Lanka's Energy Transition: One Step Forward,
Two Steps Back 300 Gz. MeeNilankco Theiventhran 23 Environmental Protection
in Sri Lanka: A Critical Legal Approach 314 Kalana Senaratane 24 Ecological
States: Nature, Militarization, and Nationalism in Sri Lanka 325 Vivian Y.
Choi 25 Sri Lanka's Environmental History 335 Sujit Sivasundaram PART VII
Society, Social Systems, and Culture 347 26 Public Health System of Sri
Lanka: Past, Present, and Future 349 Shashika Bandara 27 Politicizing 'the
Virtual': Examining the Internet on the Intersections of Gender and
Sexuality in Sri Lanka 361 Senel Wanniarachchi and Zahrah Rizwan 28
Feminist Pathways and Political Possibilities in Sri Lankan Plantation
Studies 372 Mythri Jegathesan 29 Caste in Contemporary Sri Lanka 383
Dominic Esler 30 Dynamics of Low-Income Settlements in Colombo, Sri Lanka
396 Mohideen M. Alikhan PART VIII Moment of Flux, Looking Ahead 407 31
COVID-19: Sri Lanka's Moral Test 409 Santhushya Fernando 32 People in the
Palace 416 Dinesha Samararatne 33 After Aragalaya: Moving beyond the Status
Quo? 420 Oliver Walton 34 Consolidating a Dangerous Consensus: The Failure
of Sri Lanka's Public Policy Complex in 2019 423 Kusum Wijetilleke 35 The
'Dreary Pillage of Privacy', Talking Economics in Colombo's Tower Blocks
430 Michael Collyer Index 434