Ceylon : dilemmas of a new nation. / by W. Howard Wriggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wriggins, W. Howard (William Howard), 1918- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sri Lanka--Economic policy.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Other Title:

Dilemmas of a new nation.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1960.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fate of the newly independent nation is absorbing the attention of statesmen and scholars. This comprehensive study of Ceylon since its independence in 1947 provides a case study of the fundamental issues in these new Asian and African nations. Mr. Wriggins, who spent two years in Ceylon, presents the full historic, economic, political, and social background. He discusses the current political situation in Ceylon, the effect of universal franchise, the increasing communal disorders, the resulting dilemma of representative government, the search for an adequate foreign policy. His findings, which are based on extensive on-the-spot research, illuminate the crucial problem of political change.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION: THE ISSUES

PART ONE: THE SETTING OF POLITICS

CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING

CHAPTER III. THE ECONOMIC SETTING

CHAPTER IV. CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION

CHAPTER V. THE ACTORS OF POLITICS

PART TWO: CHARACTERISTIC PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC POLITICS

CHAPTER VI. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND CULTURAL NATIONALISM

CHAPTER VII. THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL UNITY

CHAPTER VIII. TOWARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER IX. THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956

PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR A FOREIGN POLICY

CHAPTER X. FOREIGN POLICY

CHAPTER XI. ASIAN SOLIDARITY AND CEYLON'S FOREIGN POLICY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691652467

0691652465

9781400876907

1400876907

OCLC:

927296743