by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 23, 2021 | Editorial
Polity turns 30! 30 years ago, the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) of Sri Lanka began publishing in print an English-language periodical of progressive opinion on current affairs, under the direction of Charles Abeysekera, Shani Jayawardena, and Jayadeva...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 21, 2021 | Pravada Online
නවලිබරල්වාදය සහ ‘නගරයට ඇති අයිතිය’: මෑතකාලීන කොළඹ නාගරික අවකාශමය නවීකරණයෙහි බහිෂ්කරණය හසිනි ලේකම්වසම් හැඳින්වීම ‘නගරයට ඇති අයිතිය’ පිළිබඳව බොහෝ දේ රචනා වී ඇත. හෙන්රි ලෆේව්’ගෙන් ඇරඹි මේ වටිනා සහ වැදගත් කතිකාව තුළ නාගරීකරණයේ ඵල භුක්ති විඳීමට අයිතිය ඇත්තේ කාට ද යන්න...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 16, 2021 | Reflection
Reflections on State Formation in Sri Lanka Sunil Bastian There is nothing natural or inevitable about states. They are formed under certain historical conditions; they undergo change and under certain circumstances can even totally disappear. A cursory glance at the...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 9, 2021 | Essay
Debating the Transition from a Closed to an Open Economy Devaka Gunawardena The year of 1977 has become a highly charged symbol for understanding the current crisis. After the transition from a “closed” to an “open” economy, many now claim that Sri Lanka is moving...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 2, 2021 | Essay
‘Executive Authoritarianism’ as Sri Lanka’s New Political Normal since COVID-19* Jayadeva Uyangoda The ways in which countries from the global North to the global South have politically managed the unprecedented public health emergency situation brought about by the...
