Polity Vol.9 No.1 & 2

Polity

Editorial

Polity Turns 30!

‘Executive Authoritarianism’ as Sri Lanka’s New Political Normal since COVID19* – Jayadeva Uyangoda

US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impact on Sri Lankan Democracy – Pradeep Peiris

Reflections from a State Quarantine Centre during COVID19: Militarisation of the Welfare State in Sri Lanka – Thavarasa Anukuvi

Maligawatte, 2020 – Vivimarie VanderPoorten Medawattegedara

‘The government didn’t care’: Katunayake Free Trade Zone Workers in the Pandemic in Sri Lanka – Ashila Dandeniya and Tehani Ariyaratne

Tea Smallholders in Sri Lanka’s Organic Fertiliser Crisis – Kaushini Dammalage

Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka – Reviewed by Nadia Augustyniak

The IMF Can’t Save Sri Lanka – Devaka Gunawardena

Debating the Transition from a Closed to an Open Economy – Devaka Gunawardena

In Memoriam: Malathi de Alwis (1963 – 2021) and Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021)

Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021): Abiding, Acknowledging, and Accounting for Intellectual Debts – Andi Schubert

The Insurrectionary JVP and the Sri Lankan State – Mick Moore

Like Water to Soil: ‘Paangshu’ Between Politics and Rights – Prabha Manuratne

30 Years Later: Reading the Southern Mothers’ Front with Malathi de Alwis – Chulani Kodikara

Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’ – Devaka Gunawardena

‘The Oddest of Odd Corners’: Rosa Luxemburg’s Afterlife in Ceylon – B. Skanthakumar

A call to action against the detention of Hejaaz Hizbullah and Ahnaf Jazeem, anti-Muslim violence, and attacks on democracy