ISBN: 0521345863

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 t… mais…

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. political science,politics and social sciences,science and math,social science,social sciences Politics & Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press<

ISBN: 9780521345866

This is the first detailed comparative analysis of electorates in Sri Lanka and addresses issues that are relevant not only to South Asia but to the developing world in general. Media > B… mais…

This is the first detailed comparative analysis of electorates in Sri Lanka and addresses issues that are relevant not only to South Asia but to the developing world in general. Media > Book, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<