| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Changing ideas of social policy -- Rethinking social development -- Marshall and citizenship theorising -- The formative phase of social development in Sri Lanka -- Welfarism and democratisation in the late colonial state (1931-48) -- Consolidation of the welfare state -- Retreat from the welfare state -- Reclaiming social democracy: charting a "third way" for Sri Lanka -- Postscript: taking stock after the fall of Sri Lanka's Berlin Wall. |
| Summary |
This work presents a historical and analytical understanding of Sri Lanka's social development. Instead of merely focusing on economic yardsticks it studies the country's development in the conceptual framework of social policy, with emphasis on the way current institutions reflect the impact of previous political conflicts and struggles. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sri Lanka -- Social policy.
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Sri Lanka. |
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Social policy. |
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Sri Lanka -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jayasuriya, Laksiri. Taking social development seriously. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2010 9788132104650 (DLC) 2010020642 (OCoLC)619946335 |
| ISBN |
9788132106036 (electronic book) |
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8132106032 (electronic book) |
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9788132112242 (ebook) |
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8132112245 (ebook) |
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9788132104650 (hardback) |
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