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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.44-48 (Download PDF) This is an extract from the field diary of Mark Schubert who closely observed the electoral campaign of Mr. Eran Wickramaratne in the lead up to the August 2015 General Election. His fascinating account of a day on the campaign trail offers a… Continue reading Campaign Trail Blues: Eran Wickramaratne’s 2015 General Election Campaign – Mark Schubert

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.59-63 (Download PDF) This issue of Polity also includes a review of Asoka Handagama’s new film Ege Esa Aga (Let Her Cry) by Dr. Prabha Manuratne. Dr. Manuratne uses the lens of psychoanalysis to draw attention to how the critical debate on male fantasies and female… Continue reading Asoka Handagama’s Let Her Cry: A Cry for a Radical Feminist Cinema – Prabha Manuratne

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.49-50 (Download PDF) The final word in our sections on “The Promise of January 8th” celebrates the enthusiasm and optimism of the Sri Lankan voter who used their ballots to express their desire for change. Therefore, this issue also includes the key findings of the “Political… Continue reading Key Findings – Political Weather Analysis, June 2015

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.32-33 (Download PDF) Dr. Kumari Jayawardena discusses the role that women played in the January 8th election. Dr. Jayawardena emphasizes the need for the newly elected President to make good on his promises to women, particularly with a view to transforming the function of gendered stereotypes… Continue reading How Did Women Vote? – Kumari Jayawardena

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.54-58 (Download PDF) Dr. Kalana Senaratne’s review of Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne’s Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka critically contextualizes the text in the wider debates over Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism. It also highlights both the strengths and the limits of de Silva Wijeyeratne’s contribution to understanding… Continue reading The Politics of Sinhala-Buddhist Cosmology – Kalana Senaratne

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.34-39 (Download PDF) In our first interview, Chulani Kodikara, an academic and activist who has spent many years advocating and working towards a quota for women in local governance, reflects on why the recently introduced quota was necessary and timely. She also shares with us her… Continue reading The Cue for Quotas: An Interview with Chulani Kodikara

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.64-65 (Download PDF) Andi Schubert’s review of Silgath Billo focuses on the play’s discussion of the role of complicity in shaping responses to hardline nationalist movements such as Sinha Le that have gained ground recently. By doing so, Schubert locates the play within broader discussions on… Continue reading The Fantasy of Our Detachment: Racism and Complicity in Vijith Nuwan’s Silgath Billo – Andi Schubert

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.24-31 (Download PDF) Andi Schubert examines the relationship between death and the radical promises of accountability, Rule of Law, and good governance that undergirded the Yahapalana movement. By mapping political conversations about corpses, his paper asks us to consider how the question of life and death… Continue reading “Meh Uthumwu Dehaya”: The Necropolitical Aftermath of January 8th – Andi Schubert

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]   Polity Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.6-9 (Download PDF) Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda’s article traces some of the contentious issues that have emerged since 2015 to point out the danger of the new government’s tendency to ignore multiple crises of credibility and legitimacy. From Good Governance to Inept Governance – Jayadeva Uyangoda by… Continue reading From Good Governance to Inept Governance – Jayadeva Uyangoda