Arjun Guneratne

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    Arjun Guneratne

    Arjun Guneratne is Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College. He is a former committee member of the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, once served as the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Natural History Society, and helped to establish a Sri Lankan environmental NGO, Environmental Foundation. His latest co-edited book is Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia. Professor Guneratne was formerly editor of Himalaya.

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  • The Constitutional Basis of Authoritarianism in Sri Lanka

    The Constitutional Basis of Authoritarianism in Sri Lanka0

    Sri Lanka has had three constitutions since it achieved independence from Britain, and each has contributed in different ways to the erosion of the relatively liberal political system that once characterized the island’s government. Following the promulgation of the second republican constitution of 1978,  Sri Lanka has developed into a constitutionally based authoritarian state. In

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