A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble: Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka
Spencer, Jonathan;
A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble: Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka - Oxford University Press, Delhi ; New York : 1990. - xi, 285 pages : - Oxford University South Asian studies series. .
Maps on lining papers.
Revision of the author's thesis (D. Phil.--Oxford University, 1986).
Includes index.
In this illuminating study of a village in southern, central Sri Lanka, Spencer examines how the interrelationship of political, religious, and economic life shapes the community by tracing the village through an election campaign year. He reveals how the village redefined itself in "traditional" terms, while using "modern" politics as an extension of their personal disputes. Undertaken in the years immediately prior to the great escalation of political and religious tensions, this study is of great importance to the understanding of modern Sri Lanka.
9780195624953 0195624955
Villages -- Sri Lanka -- Case studies.
Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978-
Sri Lanka -- Rural conditions.
320.9 / SPE
A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble: Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka - Oxford University Press, Delhi ; New York : 1990. - xi, 285 pages : - Oxford University South Asian studies series. .
Maps on lining papers.
Revision of the author's thesis (D. Phil.--Oxford University, 1986).
Includes index.
In this illuminating study of a village in southern, central Sri Lanka, Spencer examines how the interrelationship of political, religious, and economic life shapes the community by tracing the village through an election campaign year. He reveals how the village redefined itself in "traditional" terms, while using "modern" politics as an extension of their personal disputes. Undertaken in the years immediately prior to the great escalation of political and religious tensions, this study is of great importance to the understanding of modern Sri Lanka.
9780195624953 0195624955
Villages -- Sri Lanka -- Case studies.
Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978-
Sri Lanka -- Rural conditions.
320.9 / SPE