by polity.lk | Nov 12, 2024 | Politics
Can the National People’s Power Consolidate its Presidential Victory in the Parliamentary Election? Pradeep Peiris The forthcoming parliamentary election on November 14 has attracted significant attention and raised several pertinent questions: Can the National...
by polity.lk | Nov 6, 2024 | Gender
Soft Authoritarianism, Ethno-Nationalism, and the Backlash Against Women’s Rights in Europe Shalini Randeria This talk[1] connects several of my scholarly interests over the last decades in an anthropology of the state, legal anthropology, population policies, gender,...
by polity.lk | Oct 29, 2024 | Politics
Settler Tourism and the Threat of Terror Terror at the CoastlineOn 23 October 2024, the American Embassy in Sri Lanka issued a statement restricting all embassy personnel from travelling to Arugam Bay, a popular beach town in southeastern Sri Lanka. One piece of...
by polity.lk | Oct 22, 2024 | Politics
Aragalaya: Struggle for Space and the Spaces of the Struggle Nihal Perera The Aragalaya was the largest gathering of people to protest a national government in Sri Lanka. February 2022 saw the emergence of small, spontaneous, and non-partisan candlelight vigils in and...
by polity.lk | Oct 15, 2024 | Politics
The Election That Was 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?...
