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Klappentext Sri Lanka has suffered from decades of ethnic strife which has left in its wake a failure of governing arrangements, skewed distribution of economic benefits, and an exploitation of cultural traditions to divide people. Hence, argue the contributors to this volume, the time is now ripe for the people of Sri Lanka to consciously take up the task of building a new society. At the same time, there is no readymade model that can be applied to Sri Lanka. Instead, this volume explores three elements which are crucial to the process of social reconstruction: a realistic analysis of novel problems, a search for guiding principles and a testing of procedures. In this framework, the essays in the first two parts of the volume discuss a wide variety of broad issues including the failure of Sri Lanka to create an inclusive nation-state, and the mutual exclusiveness of the two major communities exacerbated by their internal divisions. The chapters in the subsequent sections present detailed case studies which illumine the potential for creating both a better society and a better life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Pitman B Potter - Pitman B Potter Introduction PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIETAL RE-ORGANIZATION Overwhelming Change and Faltering Institutions, 1948-2002 - Barrie M Morrison PART TWO: TENSIONS OF CLASS AND CASTE, GROUP RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS Religious and Ideological Intransigence among the Sinhalese - Bruce Matthews Religious Ideology among the Tamils - Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam Tightening Social Cohesion and Excluding 'Others' among the Sinhalese - Bruce Matthews From Differences to Ethnic Solidarity among the Tamils - Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam Illustration and Poetry The Rise of Militant Tamil Nationalism, Its Assumptions and the Cultural Production of Tamil Women - Sumathy Sivamohan PART THREE: THE STRUGGLE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE, A BETTER SOCIETY Struggling to Create Self-Help Organizations in an Urban Slum - Sri Ranjith Mahaiyawa Expanding World Demand for Gems - Karunatissa Atukorala The Old Poor and the New Rich in Ratnapura Bonded Tea Estate Workers - M Sinnathamby Still Waiting at the Gates Satyodaya, NGOs and Civil Society - Paul Caspersz Mobilizing across Class and Community in a Globalizing Economy PART FOUR: BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY? LARGE PROBLEMS WITH WEAKENED CAPACITY Justice for the Dispossessed - S H Hasbullah The Case of a Forgotten Minority in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict Who Will Care for Those Left at Home? The Effect of New Opportunities for Work on Fami...
