The Election That Was by B. Skanthakumar

Sri Lanka has a new president. That the incumbent would lose was not in doubt. Who might replace him though was in question. Would it be opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, or the leader of a fringe party Anura Kumara Dissanayake?…

Sri Lanka presidential election: From citizens’ protests to regime change by Jayadeva Uyangoda

The election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s president on September 21 is an event of historic significance for the country.[i] When he was sworn in an unusually simple ceremony

 

The Show by Natasha Ranawake

Impending rain or sun kissed skies,
still crowds look on, the show’s in sight.
The crowd snakes through to see the show,
praised in bold, in headlines galore.
Flaking banners in each street; …

Political Parties in the Mirror of the 2024 Presidential Election in Sri Lanka by Jayadeva Uyangoda and Pradeep Peiris

“Democracy is unthinkable without political parties”, a US political scientist once said (Schattschneider: 1942).  He was, of course, referring to Western liberal democracies, where the centrality of political parties…

Polity is a left magazine published by the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) since 2003. We aim to advance democratic consciousness, gender equality, state reform, and social justice in Sri Lanka, while interested in South Asia and the World. Like its predecessor Pravada (1991-2002) we publish on politics, political economy, history, women, ethnicity, sexualities, religion, labour studies, agrarian relations, nationalisms, violence, environment, and much more…

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The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) is an organization working to investigate the way in which social change is contouring the multiple realities faced by communities in Sri Lanka and South Asia. The SSA is deeply committed to promoting a culture of knowledge production that informs and undergirds interventions aimed at achieving social emancipation for marginalized communities.

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