by polity.lk | Nov 30, 2021 | Essay
The Office on Missing Persons post-2020: Who and What is it for? Chulani Kodikara Demonstration held in front of the National War Heroes’ Monument by the National Collective of War Heroes (Jathika Ranawiru Ekamuthuwa), several other civil society organisations,...
by polity.lk | 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 polity.lk | 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 polity.lk | 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 polity.lk | 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...
