by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 20, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Apr 2015
Jaathika Anduwa Some Reflective Thoughts One of the most interesting themes to have emerged in the present political debate in Sri Lanka is the idea of Jaathika Anduwa, or National Government.The concept of National Government is not a new one. The credit for its...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 6, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Apr 2015
Electoral Reforms: some critical reflections Sri Lanka’s current debate on electoral reforms seems to be heading towards a politically inspired deadlock. Some powerful sections of the SLFP seems to be using the idea of electoral reforms either as a bargaining tool for...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Mar 25, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Mar 2015
To laugh or cry? “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,” was the first reaction I heard last Sunday evening when the news spread that President Sirisena had sworn in 26 ex-UPFA ministers in various ministerial capacities of his yahapalanaya government. The second...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 27, 2015 | Discussions, Events & Activities
‘Extremism and Current Politics in India’ A Talk by Prof. Amrita Basu SSA hosted a talk by Dr. Amrita Basu on her forthcoming book Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India forthcoming as a Cambridge University Press publication. Professor Basu is affiliated to Amherst...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 9, 2015 | 2015, Analysis, Feb 2015
Rebuilding Institutions in the Transition from Soft Authoritarianism A political goal that warrants sustained attention of the new Sri Lankan government as well as the democratic reform constituencies is the rebuilding of public institutions of democratic governance,...
