Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka

Name: Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka
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ISBN: 9780195650808

ISBN-10: 0195650808

ISBN-13: 9780195650808

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jonathan Spencer

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How can anthropology, with its emphasis on local knowledge and local meaning, contribute to the understanding of policies in complex, modern societies? This book employs vivid ethnographic data from one village in an effort to understand broader problems in the troubled policies of Sri Lanka. In particular, it investigates two related phenomena which lie behind the growing crises of Sri Lankan democratic institutions: the high degree of political participation in rural areas and the tenacious hold of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism among the country's majority population.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.43" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Jonathan Spencer is Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh.