Culture, politics, and development in postcolonial Sri Lanka
In this book, Nalani Hennayake unravels how the development experience of a postcolonial society is deeply embedded in a complex historical relationship between culture and politics by focusing on the country of Sri Lanka.
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9780739111550, 0739111558
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Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Glossary of Sri Lankan terms and abbreviations Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Dominant Thinking on Development and its Challenges Chapter 5 Conceptualizing Development in Postcolonial Sri Lanka Chapter 6 Indigenization, Power Politics and Postcolonial state Chapter 7 Cultural Politics and Ritualizing Development Chapter 8 New ideology of 'People-izing' Development Chapter 9 Culture, Politics and Resistance to Development Chapter 10 Political Legitimacy to Cultural Sensibility