Taking social development seriously : the experience of Sri Lanka / Laksiri Jayasuriya.

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Jayasuriya, Laksiri

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9788132106036
8132106032
9788132112242
8132112245

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Taking social development seriously.DDC classification:

303.4095493 22

LOC classification:

HN670.8.A8 J36 2010eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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