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Yahapalanaya’s Promise of Reconciliation: Merely a Means, Not an End? – Pradeep Peiris

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.18-23 (Download PDF) Dr. Pradeep Peiris’ essay is on why the optimism about the progress towards meaningful reconciliation should be tempered with critical political analysis. Dr. Peiris’ reflections highlight the challenge of reconciling the promise of the new regime’s reconciliation agenda with the stark political realities… Continue reading Yahapalanaya’s Promise of Reconciliation: Merely a Means, Not an End? – Pradeep Peiris

Tamil Nationalist Act in the Theatre of Good Governance – MeeNilankco Theiventhran

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.10-13 (Download PDF) MeeNilankco Theiventhran’s essay on Tamil nationalist politics makes clear that crises of legitimacy and credibility after the January 8th election is not a factor that is limited to politics in the South. As Theiventhran argues, the victory of the Yahapalana coalition has unexpectedly exacerbated… Continue reading Tamil Nationalist Act in the Theatre of Good Governance – MeeNilankco Theiventhran

In Quest for Civil Society: An Interview with Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.40-43 (Download PDF) This is an interview with Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, the former President of the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) and a key voice in the civil society coalition that contributed to the January 8th election victory of President Maithripala Sirisena. In what has… Continue reading In Quest for Civil Society: An Interview with Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

A Heterodox Reading of Jayadeva Uyangoda’s Social Research: Philosophical & Methodological Foundations – Vangeesa Sumanasekera

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.51-53 (Download PDF) In Vangeesa Sumanasekara’s heterodox reading of Prof. Uyangoda’s latest publication, Social Research: Philosophical and Methodological Foundations, there is a serious attempt to locate the text within larger philosophical debates taking place in Sri Lanka about the status of knowledge and the role of… Continue reading A Heterodox Reading of Jayadeva Uyangoda’s Social Research: Philosophical & Methodological Foundations – Vangeesa Sumanasekera