Sri Lankan society in an era of globalization : struggling to create a new social order

Foreword Pitman B Potter - Pitman B PotterIntroductionPART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIETAL RE-ORGANIZATIONOverwhelming Change and Faltering Institutions, 1948-2002 - Barrie M MorrisonPART TWO: TENSIONS OF CLASS AND CASTE, GROUP RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMSReligious and Ideological Intransigence among the Sinhalese - Bruce MatthewsReligious Ideology among the Tamils - Dagmar Hellmann-RajanayagamTightening Social Cohesion and Excluding ′Others′ among the Sinhalese - Bruce MatthewsFrom Differences to Ethnic Solidarity among the Tamils - Dagmar Hellmann-RajanayagamIllustration and PoetryThe Rise of Militant Tamil Nationalism, Its Assumptions and the Cultural Production of Tamil Women - Sumathy SivamohanPART THREE: THE STRUGGLE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE, A BETTER SOCIETYStruggling to Create Self-Help Organizations in an Urban Slum - Sri Ranjith MahaiyawaExpanding World Demand for Gems - Karunatissa Atukorala The Old Poor and the New Rich in RatnapuraBonded Tea Estate Workers - M Sinnathamby Still Waiting at the GatesSatyodaya, NGOs and Civil Society - Paul Caspersz Mobilizing across Class and Community in a Globalizing EconomyPART FOUR: BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY? LARGE PROBLEMS WITH WEAKENED CAPACITYJustice for the Dispossessed - S H Hasbullah The Case of a Forgotten Minority in Sri Lanka′s Ethnic ConflictWho Will Care for Those Left at Home? The Effect of New Opportunities for Work on Families in Sri Lanka - Nancy Waxler-MorrisonDamming the Flood of Violence and Shoring Up Civil Society in a Era of Globalization - Sisira PinnawalaConclusion - S H Hasbullah and Barrie M MorrisonIndex