by polity.lk | Aug 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Accumulation by Subordination: Migration-Underdevelopment in the Open Economy Matt Withers Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 53-60 (Download PDF) Matt Withers’ article explores the class, ethnic, and gendered implications of dependence on a remittance-led economy. He...
by polity.lk | Aug 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
From Exports to Logistics: Transformations of the Productive Bases of the Sri Lankan Economy Devaka Gunawardena Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 46-52 (Download PDF) Devaka Gunawardena, in his paper on calls for Sri Lanka to transition from a focus on exports to...
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Accumulation through Nationalism: The Politics of Profit in “Neoliberal” Sri Lanka Thomas Widger Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 31-37 (Download PDF) It is worth remembering that the introduction of open economic reforms in the country cannot be dichotomized from the...
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‘Free Health’ in the Face of Healthcare Privatization in Post-1977 Sri Lanka Ramya Kumar Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 23-30 (Download PDF) Ramya Kumar’s article focuses our attention on the remarkable durability of free healthcare in Sri Lanka’s political discourse...
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“Kolambata Kiri, Apata Kekiri”: Neoliberalism and the 1981 Education Reforms Prabha Manuratne Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 14-22 (Download PDF) In her examination of the neo-liberalization of education, Prabha Manuratne demonstrates how the discourse on the ‘crisis’...
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The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha Harini Amarasuriya Polity Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 78-80 (Download PDF) Harini Amarasuriya in her observations on Gananath Obeyesekere’s latest work The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha,...
