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An article focusing on political implications of the defeat of Ranil Wickremasinghe
The need for new ideas in social policy in Sri Lanka and the need to focus on economic inequality
By questioning how we understand the state, this article proses a new way of looking at what do we mean by state security. Post-colonilal Sri Lankan is taken as an example to explain.
Global context interpreted as a world of global capitalism and major power conflicts. Brief comment on implications for the Sri Lankan state.
Advocating social justice and pluralism as central planks for progressive politics.
How current global changes are affecting the Sri Lanka. Role of three major powers US, India and China
An interpretation of the recent economic crisis, protests and state repression in Sri Lanka
Sunil Bastian is a political economist. His current research interests are politics of state formation and development of capitalism in Sri Lanka. He has published widely, and is the editor of Devolution and Development in Sri Lanka (1994). He has co-edited with Nicola Bastian, Assessing Participation, A debate from South Asia (1996), and with Robin Luckham, Can Democracy be Designed? The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-torn Societies (2003) published by Zed Press, London. His most recent publication is The Politics of Foreign Aid in Sri Lanka. Promoting Markets and Supporting Peace (2007). He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo and chairperson of the Centre for Poverty Analysis. He has more than two decades of consultancy experience with a range of donor agencies.
The politics of foreign Aid in Sri Lanka
(2007) Politics of foreign aid in Sri Lanka, Promoting markets and supporting peace. Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies.
Devolution and Development in Sri Lanka
(1994) Editor, Devolution and Development. New Delhi: Konark Publishers.
Can democracy be designed?
(2003) Co-editor, Can Democracy be Designed? London: Zed Books.
Assessing participation - A debate from south asia
(1997) Co-editor, Assessing Participation: A Debate from South Asia. New Delhi: ITDG/Konark Publishers.
(2006) Sri Lanka’s International Straightjacket.
Rethinking the idea of state security
Election result – a particular understanding
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