Objectives
\nThe purpose of this course is to examine the creative forces and critical moments in the making of the socio-historical world of post-independence Sri Lanka. A thread that runs through the various topics covered is the assertion of rights of both the majority ethno-religious group and of the minority Tamils; the violent quest for equality by anti-systemic movements; the transformation of the welfare state in a globalizing world; the decay of democratic values and institutions.
\n1.\tThe colonial graft
\n2.\tCitizens and migrants: citizenship acts of 1948-49
\n3.\tPost-war social unrest and the decline of the Left
\n4.\t1956, nationalism and rise of counter-elites
\n5.\tThe New Left and political violence 1970-1990
\n6.\tTamil separatism\/nationalism
\n7.\tEconomy: state control, liberalization, globalization
\n8.\tCrisis of the welfare state
\n9.\tThe decay of democratic institutions<\/p>\n
Readings
\nSaman Kelegama, Development under Stress: Sri Lankan Economy in Transition, Sage Publ.2007
\nKrishna Sankaran, Postcolonial Insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the question of Nationhood, Oxford, 2000
\nNeil de Votta, Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Satnford CA, 2004
\nNira Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka in the Modern Age. A History of Contested Identities, London: C.Hurst, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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