Category: Polity

Editorial: Hyper-Reforms amidst Hyper-Austerity Sri Lanka 2023: Anniversaries of Struggle – Q. M. Saul May Day Diary 2023 – B. Skanthakumar Don’t Use Class as a Weapon to Dismiss Social Struggles – Devaka Gunawardena Resisting the Nationalist Right’s Framing of the Economic Alternative – Devaka Gunawardena Resisting the Liberal Left’s Framing of the Economic Alternative… Continue reading Polity Vol. 11 No. 1

Editorial 2023 Budget: False Promises at the Expense of Women and Working People – Feminist Collective for Economic Justice ‘The Writing Was on the Wall’: Debt Distress and Ways Forward in Sri Lanka – Jayati Ghosh The Election of Ranil Wickremesinghe: Reaction and Prospects for Democratic Revival in Sri Lanka – Devaka Gunawardena Situation Nominal,… Continue reading Polity Vol. 10 No. 2

Editorial The #GotaGoHome Protest Movement: Significance, Potential, and Challenges – Jayadeva Uyangoda Our Broken Nation Lies Before Us – From the Galle Face Aragala Bhoomiya “People Are Starting To See That We Were Right” – Two University Students interviewed by Hasini Lecamwasam “The Act of Protest is a Privilege” – Serika Siriwardhana interviewed by Treshan… Continue reading Polity Vol.10 No.1

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… Continue reading Polity Vol.9 No.1 & 2

Editorial: Environment & Society in Sri Lanka, pp. 02 – 03 Crossing Borders: Sovereign Life and Sovereignty – Sivamohan Sumathy , pp. 04-07 Beyond Numbers: Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Response, Politics and People – Ramya Kumar, pp. 8 – 13 April Theses with 2020 Vision – Quincy Saul , pp. 14-20 The Politics of Environmental Movements… Continue reading Polity Vol.8 No.1 & 2

1977 & After: 40 Years of the Open Economy in Sri Lanka

The Promise of January 8th in Perspective

Editorial The Way We Were – Jayadeva Uyangoda and Pradeep Peiris Secular Thoughts – K.N. Panikkar Dambulla Mosque Crisis – Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake To Have More Women in Politics – Rosy Senanayake Harbour Lights – Sarojini Jayawickrama A Colonial Clergyman in Sri Lanka – Neville Weeraratne ‘Writing that Conquers’ – Anoma Pieris Beyond Olcott and Dharmapala… Continue reading Polity Vol. 6 No. 3&4

Editorial On the Termination of the State of Emergency Left Parties of UPFA for Devolution – Sandun A. Jayasekera Sri Lankan Buddhism: Mahindian Hybrid of Pre-Buddhist – M.M.J. Marasinghe FTZ Workers and Politics of Social Protection – Janaka Biyanwila An Open Letter to all who would be Reformers – S. Handy Perinbanayagam Sumitra Peries, Sri… Continue reading Polity Vol. 6 No. 1&2

Editorial History and the Enterprise of Knowledge – Amartya Sen “Protest like an Egyptian” – In Wisconsin – Judy Waters Pasqualge Lanka @ 63: The ‘Military Business Model’ – Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Right Speech and Follies and Fantasies in the Sri Lankan Conflict – Robert Sidharthan Perinbanayagam The Emergence of Parochial Priorities – Minna Thaheer Home… Continue reading Polity Vol. 5 No. 6