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Sri Lankan society in an era of globalization [electronic resource] : struggling to create a new social order / editors, S.H. Hasbullah, Barrie M. Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change--Sri Lanka.
- Social change.
- Globalization.
- Sri Lanka--Social conditions.
- Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka--Economic conditions.
- Sri Lanka--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sri Lanka has suffered from decades of ethnic strife which has left in its wake a failure of governing arrangements, skewed distribution of economic benefits, and an exploitation of cultural traditions to divide people. Hence, argue the contributors to this volume, the time is now ripe for the people of Sri Lanka to consciously take up the task of building a new society. At the same time, there is no readymade model that can be applied to Sri Lanka. Instead, this volume explores three elements which are crucial to the process of social reconstruction: a realistic analysis of novel problems, a
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I : The Challenge of Societal Reorganization; 1 - Overwhelming Change and Faltering Institutions, 1948-2002; Part II : Tensions of Class and Caste, Group Rights and Individual Freedoms; 2 - Religious and Ideological Intransigence among the Sinhalese; 3 - Religious Ideology among the Tamils; 4 - Tightening Social Cohesion and Excluding 'Others' among the Sinhalese; 5 - From Differences to Ethnic Solidarity among the Tamils; 6 - The Rise of Militant Tamil Nationalism, Its Assumptions and the Cultural Production of Tamil Women
- Part III : The Struggle to Build a Better Life, a Better Society7 - Struggling to Create Self-Help Organizations in an Urban Slum: Mahaiyawa; 8 - Expanding World Demand for Gems: The Old Poor and the New Rich in Ratnapura; 9 - Bonded Tea Estate Workers: Still Waiting at the Gates; 10 - Satyodaya, NGOs and Civil Society: Mobilizing across Class and Community in a Globalizing Economy; Part IV : Building a Better Society? Large Problems with Weakened Capacity; 11 - Justice for the Dispossessed: The Case of a Forgotten Minority in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict
- 12 - Who Will Care for Those Left at Home? The Effect of New Opportunities for Work on Families in Sri Lanka13 - Damming the Flood of Violence and Shoring Up Civil Society in an Era of Globalization; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42460-2
- 9786612424601
- 81-321-0320-3
- OCLC:
- 593196073
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