000			01453nam a2200277 a 4500
020			_a0195650808
020			_a9780195650808
082			_a320.9 _bSPE
100			_aSpencer, Jonathan ;
245		2	_aThe Sinhala village in a time of trouble : politics and change in rural Sri Lanka
260			_aDelhi ; Oxford : _bOxford University Press, _cc1999, 2000.
300			_axxi, 285 p. :
500			_aOriginally published: 1990.
500			_aIncluded Bibliography, Index.
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aVillages -- Sri Lanka -- Case studies.
650			_aSri Lanka -- Rural conditions.
650			_aSri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978-
650			_aBuddhism and politics -- Sri Lanka.
650			_aBuddhism and politics.
650			_aPolitics and government.
650			_aRural conditions.
650			_aVillages.
650			_aSri Lanka.
942			_cREF
999			_c12186 _d12186