Sri Lanka
Author : Russell R. Ross
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN :
Author : Russell R. Ross
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN :
Author : W. D. Lakshman
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 23,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781560727842
Social, political, economic and constitutional developments are considered as well as the evolution of science and arts in the development process. This is in accordance with the Sri Lankan tradition of seeing the world as a connected whole."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : K M de Silva
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 11,58 MB
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9351182398
Sri Lanka is an ancient civilization, shaped and thrust into the modern globalizing world by its colonial experience. With its own unique problems, many of them historical legacies, it is a nation trying to maintain a democratic, pluralistic state structure while struggling to come to terms with separatist aspirations. This is a complex story, and there is perhaps no better person to present it in reasoned, scholarly terms than K.M. de Silva, Sri Lanka’s most distinguished and prolific historian. A History of Sri Lanka, first published in 1981, has established itself as the standard work on the subject. This fully revised edition, in light of the most recent research, brings the story right up to the early years of the twenty-first century. The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Sri Lanka’s development—from a classical Buddhist society and irrigation economy, to its emergence as a tropical colony producing some of the world’s most important cash crops, such as cinnamon, tea, rubber and coconut, and finally as an Asian democracy. It is a study of the political vicissitudes of Sri Lanka’s ancient civilization and the successive phases of Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial rule. The unfortunate consequences of becoming a centre of ethnic tension and Sri Lanka’s long-standing relationship with India are also discussed. Exhaustively researched and analytical, this book is an invaluable reference source for students of ancient, colonial and post-colonial societies, ethnic conflict and democratic transitions, as well as for all those who simply want to get a feel of the rich and varied texture of Sri Lanka’s long history.
Author : Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9811373507
This book examines the engagement between the United Nations’ human rights machinery and the respective governments since Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) joined the United Nations. Sri Lanka has a long and rich history of engagement with international human rights instruments. However, despite its active membership in the UN, the country’s post-colonial trials and tribulations are emblematic of the limited influence the international organisation has exerted on this country in the Global South. Assessing the impact of this international engagement on the country’s human rights infrastructure and situation, the book outlines Sri Lanka’s colonial and post-colonial development. It then considers the development of a domestic human rights infrastructure in the country. It also examines and analyzes Sri Lanka’s engagement with the UN’s treaty-based and charter-based human rights bodies, before offering conclusions concerning the impact of said engagement. The book offers an innovative approach to gauging the impact of international human rights engagement, while also taking into account the colonial and post-colonial imperatives that have partly dictated governmental behaviour. By doing so, the book seeks to combine and analyse international human rights law, post-colonial critique, studies on biopower, and critical approaches to international law. It will be a useful resource not only for scholars of international law, but also for practitioners and activists working in this area.
Author : A.Jeyaratnam Wilson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2016-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 134901544X
Author : Mark Tushnet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107068959
This book examines constitutional law and practice in five South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Author : D. A. Low
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 1988-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1349101974
A selection of essays about the constitutional crises throughout the Commonwealth since the Second World War, from Australia, Ceylon, Pakistan, Nigeria, Fiji, India, Grenada, Malaysia and Canada, which examines, in particular, the role and involvement of the Governor-General.
Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824830168
Since the late 1970s civil war has left Sri Lanka in an almost permanent state of crisis; conventional histories of the country by liberal and Marxist scholars in the last two decades have thus tended to focus on the state’s failure to accommodate the needs and demands of the minorities. The entire history of the twentieth century has been tied to this one key issue. Sri Lanka in the Modern Age offers a fresh perspective based on new research. Above all, the author has written a history of the peoples of Sri Lanka rather than a history of the nation-state.
Author : A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : 9780333262085
This Book Examines The Interelationships Between The Island`S Various Social, Religios And Ethni Groups, The Progress Of The Economy And The Processes Which Manipulate Change. This Revised Edition Not Only Updates Events But Makes Fresh Analyses In The Context Of Developments From 1973 To 1979. First End Page Missing, Bookseller`S Stamp On The Title Page, Text Absolutely Clean, Black Mark On The Last End Page, Condition Good
Author : Sir Ivor Jennings
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 110709111X
The collected documents of Sir Ivor Jennings (1903-65), an influential international advisor on constitutional questions during the era of decolonisation.