Political Structure in a Changing Sinhalese Village

Bibliographic Data

ID2848093
AuthorsGananath Obeyesekere (University of California San Diego, corresponding author), Marguerite S Robinson (0000-0003-0631-0053)
Year1978
Volume51
Issue3
Pages527
Publication date1978-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2757985
OpenAlexW2039247550
LanguageEN
Citations received11

List of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction: problems and assumptions Part I. The Village of Morapitiya: 2. An introduction to Morapitiya Part II. Traditional Political Structure (P-1): 3. Leaders without groups 4. Morapitiyan disputes: I 5. Morapitiyan disputes: II 6. The rules of the game: 1963 Part III. The Political System in Transition: 7. 1963: introduction of the new order 8. 1967: failure of the new and collapse of the old 9. The emergence of P-2 Part IV. The Morapitiyan Colonists: 10. Of ants and fire 11. Conclusions Epilogue, 1972 Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index

Geography · Political science · Politics · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies