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Polity Vol.7 No.1

Polity

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: THE PROMISE OF JANUARY 8th IN PERSPECTIVE 2
TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORMS: THE 1st PRAVADA EDITORIAL (NOVEMBER 1991) 4
ESSAYS
FROM GOOD GOVERNANCE TO INEPT GOVERNANCE Jayadeva Uyangoda 6
TAMIL NATIONALIST ACT IN THE THEATRE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE MeeNilankco Theiventhran 10
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN POST-WAR SRI LANKA: DILEMMAS AND PROSPECTS Nipunika O. Lecamwasam 14
YAHAPALANAYA’S PROMISE OF RECONCILIATION: MERELY A MEANS, NOT AN END? Pradeep Peiris 18
“MEH UTHUMWU DEHAYA”: THE NECROPOLITICAL AFTERMATH OF JANUARY 8th Andi Schubert 24
HOW DID WOMEN VOTE? Kumari Jayawardena 32
INTERVIEWS
THE CUE FOR QUOTAS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHULANI KODIKARA Hasini Lecamwasam 34
IN QUEST FOR CIVIL SOCIETY: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. NIRMAL RANJITH DEWASIRI Pradeep Peiris 40
FIELD DIARY
CAMPAIGN TRAIL BLUES: ERAN WICKRAMARATNE’S 2015 GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN Mark Schubert 44
REPORT
KEY FINDINGS: POLITICAL WEATHER ANALYSIS, JUNE 2015 49
REVIEWS
A HETERODOX READING OF JAYADEVA UYANGODA’S SOCIAL RESEARCH: PHILOSOPHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Vangeesa Sumanasekara 51
THE POLITICS OF SINHALA-BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY Kalana Senaratne 54
ASOKA HANDAGAMA’S LET HER CRY: A CRY FOR A RADICAL FEMINIST CINEMA Prabha Manuratne 59
THE FANTASY OF OUR DETACHMENT: RACISM AND COMPLICITY IN VIJITH NUWAN’S SILGATH BILLO Andi Schubert 64
CALL FOR PAPERS
1977 AND AFTER: 40 YEARS OF THE OPEN ECONOMY IN SRI LANKA 66

 

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