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-
Am I A Settler Too? Reflections of a Sinhalese from Sri Lanka after Gaza
Nalin Jayathunga
Mapping temporal and spatial lines between the past and the present, this reflection draws parallels between the...
James Brow, Anuradhapura 1984, and the Question of Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka
Jonathan Spencer
James Brow was a British anthropologist who drifted from the nascent counter-culture of early 1960s London, to the...
Sacrificing Accountability to Save the Official Narrative: The UK’s Legacy Act of 2023 and Parallels in Sri Lanka
Daniel Holder
In September 2023, the UK parliament passed The Northern Ireland Troubles (Reconciliation and Legacy) Act entrenching...
Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class & The State by K. Balagopal. Curated and Introduced by V. Geetha. Hyderabad: South Side Books, 2023, 241p.
Jairus Banaji
K.Balagopal was a civil rights activist and left-wing intellectual who was mainly active in Andhra Pradesh from the...
Shyam Selvadurai’s Mansions of the Moon: A Lankan Review
Crystal Baines
The question of ‘woman’ in Buddhism has always rested on a paradox. On the one hand is the misogyny couched in the...
“Put people at the centre of plans for socio-economic recovery and advancement”: No to IMF’s cosmetic civil society consultations!
68 Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions
The IMF team is in Colombo for the Second Review of the ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) loan agreement with Sri...
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!
Archive
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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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.