The Hidden Politics of Critical Agrarian Studies: A Reply to Urs Geiser by Tom Brass

In a recent contribution to Polity, Urs Geiser (2023) endorsed Critical Agrarian Studies (CAS), as an approach he wishes to apply to the study of rural society in Sri Lanka. To this end, he draws a contrast between, on the one hand, earlier Marxist debates about the peasantry, those of the 1970s and 1980s,…

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Editorial: Compass on an Old Course? by Editors

One hundred days have passed since Anura Kumara Dissanayake assumed the presidency of Sri Lanka after the 21 September election, subsequently leading the National People’s Power (NPP) to an overwhelming victory in the general election on 14 November…

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Bapsi Sidhwa (1938-2024): Parsi Pakistani writer between Lahore, Partition, and the US By Arif Azad

Bapsi Sidhwa, who died aged 86 in Houston, Texas on 25 December 2024, was Pakistan’s pioneering woman fiction writer in English who rose to regional and global fame, blazing a trail which was followed by women writers who came after her…

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The NPP Government and Its Democratic Promise: A Review by Jayadeva Uyangoda

How democratic will the National People’s Power (NPP) government be? How faithful will the NPP leaders…

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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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Current Issue

Vol. 12, Issue 1 (June 2024) is now available for LKR500, from the Social Scientists’ Association (380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7). Almost 100 pages on #palestine #politics #economy #history #agrarianstudies, and more!

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Polity back issues beginning with Vol. 1 No. 1 (February-March 2003) are available here. The Pravada archive (1991-2002) will be added over time.

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Agrarian Regimes in Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis – Call for Articles
From People’s Councils to Participatory and Deliberative Democracy in Sri Lanka - Call for Articles
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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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