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Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka (Hardcover, New)
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Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge South Asian Studies
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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.
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