Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka
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- Author: Dilesh Jayanntha
- Date Published: June 1992
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521345866
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Sri Lanka is one of the few new Commonwealth countries to have had a strong democratic tradition and a vibrant electoral life since Independence. In this book, Dilesh Jayanntha examines the basis for Sri Lankan electoral allegiance since 1947. He challenges the prevalent notion that caste is the basis for electoral allegiance and convincingly argues that the patron-client relationship is its primary determinant. Following an introduction outlining recent Sri Lankan political history, Dilesh Jayanntha then examines electoral allegiance in three contrasting constituencies which have a different history up until 1947. Yet, as the author demonstrates throughout, patronage networks determined electoral allegiance, and often, the patronage network was congruent with caste. Yet, as Jayanntha shows, where the patron-client tie cut across the caste tie it was the former which proved decisive in deciding electoral allegiance. This comparative analysis of electorates in Sri Lanka addresses issues that are relevant not only to South Asia but to the developing world in general.
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- Date Published: June 1992
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521345866
- length: 232 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Bluville: the constituency and the patronage network of Doctor Ay (1947–1959)
3. Bluville: the patronage network of Korale-Mudaliyar Kit Foo and his son, Dee (1947–1959)
4. Bluville: the growth of the State (1956–1982)
5. Greenville: the patronage networks of the Mou/Nous and the Pou/Kous (1947–1959)
6. Greenville: the growth of the State (1956–1982)
7. Red Town: the urban setting (1947–1959)
8. Red Town: the growth of the State (1956–1982)
9. Communal minorities, political dissidents and the JVP
10. Conclusion
Glossary of Sinhalese terms
References
Index.
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