Robert N Kearney

• Internal Migration in Sri Lanka and Its Social Consequences

  Robert N Kearney, Barbara Diane Miller•BOOK•Internal Migration in Sri Lanka…•2019

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  This book probes features of internal migration in Sri Lanka and some of the social and political consequences of these population shifts. It examines the aspects of societal upheavals related to internal migration: unbalanced sex ratios, rising rates of suicide, and increased ethnic conflict. .

• International Migration in Sri Lanka and its Social Consequences

  Bonnie G MacDougall, Robert N Kearney et al.•ARTICLE•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1989

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• Internal Migration in Sri Lanka and Its Social Consequences

  Arthur W Helweg, Robert N Kearney et al.•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•1988

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• Internal Migration in Sri Lanka and Its Social Consequences

  James Manor, Robert N Kearney et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1988

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• Suicide and Internal Migration in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney, Barbara Miller et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Asian and African…•1988•Citada por: 4

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  This paper examines the rise of suicide rates in Sri Lanka in recent decades and suggests that much of the increase is attributable to the disruptions caused by increased levels of internal migration. Attention is paid to suicide rates by district, sex, and age group. It is shown that, while internal migration cannot explain completely the universal rise in suicide in Sri Lanka, there is a strong association between suicide and internal migration…

• Territorial Elements of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1987•Citada por: 4

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  TI'E RRITORY IS INVOLVED in a great many political disputes, including bitter and intractable conflicts involving separatist claims on the part of ethnic minorities.' Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, is one of the many multi-ethnic states witnessing a collision between the aspirations of two ethnic communities, one numerically dominant, coexisting within the same political entity.2 This conflict has been festering for at least three decades, and has r…

• Tension and Conflict in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Current History•1986

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  Research Article| March 01 1986 Tension and Conflict in Sri Lanka Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School, Syracuse University Robert N. Kearney is the author of The Politics of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973) and two other books on politics in Sri Lanka. He has edited or contributed to a number of other books. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google …

• Sri Lanka in 1985

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1986

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  Research Article| February 01 1986 Sri Lanka in 1985: The Persistence of Conflict Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1957) 26 (2): 219–223. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644457 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search …

• Sri Lanka in Change and Crisis

  Robert N Kearney, James Manor•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1986•Citada por: 21

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• Ethnic Conflict and the Tamil Separatist Movement in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1985

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  Research Article| September 01 1985 Ethnic Conflict and the Tamil Separatist Movement in Sri Lanka Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1956) 25 (9): 898–917. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644418 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite …

• Sri Lanka in 1984

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1985

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  Research Article| February 01 1985 Sri Lanka in 1984: The Politics of Communal Violence Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1956) 25 (2): 257–263. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644310 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite S…

• The Spiral of Suicide and Social Change in Sri Lanka

  Open Access•Robert N Kearney, Barbara D Miller et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Asian Studies•1985•Citada por: 11•Referencias: 10

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  The suicide rate in Sri Lanka tripled between 1955 and 1974, soaring from 6.9 to 22.1 per 100,000 population. Sharp increases were recorded for both sexes, most age groups, and all of the nation's twenty-two districts. The incidence of suicide was greatest in the age range of 15 to 29 years. High rates consistently appeared in the districts of the northeast that either contained local majorities of the Sri Lanka Tamil ethnic minority or experienc…

• Identity, Life Mission, and the Political Career

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Political Psychology•1983•Referencias: 5

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  The dedication to a career in politica of the Indian nationalist, Subhas Chandra Bose, seems to exemplify Lasswell's proposition regarding the displacement of personal needs onto public objects. By adolescence, after a stormy youth identity crisis, Bose had developed a deep need to find a personal mission in life, which was eventually located in the politics of the Indian independence movement. The need for a special mission appears rooted in an …

• The Political Party System in Sri Lanka

  Open Access•Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Political Science Quarterly•1983•Citada por: 5

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  The creation of coherent and durable political institutions is among the most vital and difficult of the challenges confronting the developing nations of the Third World. For the nation seeking political order through democratic processes and broad popular participation, the evolution of an institutionalized political party system is of crucial importance. I In Sri Lanka, the growth and institutionalization of a stable political party system over…

• Women in Politics in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1981•Citada por: 1

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  Research Article| July 01 1981 Women in Politics in Sri Lanka Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1952) 21 (7): 729–746. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643618 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site…

• Modern Sri Lanka

  Bruce Matthews, Tissa Fernando et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1980•Citada por: 7

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• Joyce on Language, Women and Politics

  Robert N Kearney, R Kearney•ARTICLE•Screen•1979

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  Joyce on Language, Women and Politics Get access Richard Kearney Richard Kearney Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Screen, Volume 20, Issue 3-4, Winter 1979, Pages 124–134, https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/20.3-4.124 Published: 01 December 1979

• Language and the Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1978•Citada por: 8

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  Research Article| May 01 1978 Language and the Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1949) 18 (5): 521–534. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643464 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Sear…

• A Note on the Fate of the 1971 Insurgents in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•The Journal of Asian Studies•1977•Referencias: 2

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  In July 1976, slightly more than five years after the collapse of the 1971 insurrection in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), the protracted series of trials of alleged insurgents wound to a conclusion. Except for the cases of a small number of suspects not in custody, some of whom are probably dead, and a handful of cases the disposition of which was postponed, the complex and painful process of determining guilt and imposing punishments for the armed reb…

• Politics and Modernization in South and Southeast Asia

  Leslie H Palmier, Leslie Palmier et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1977

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• Electoral Politics in an Emergent State

  Robert N Kearney, A Jeyaratnam Wilson•ARTICLE•The Journal of Asian Studies•1976

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• The Ceylon insurrection of 1971

  Robert N Kearney, Janice Jiggins•ARTICLE•The Journal of Commonwealth &…•1975•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 2

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• The Politics of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

  Lloyd G Nelson, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1975

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• Educational Expansion and Political Volatility in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1975•Citada por: 8

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  Research Article| September 01 1975 Educational Expansion and Political Volatility in Sri Lanka: The 1971 Insurrection Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1946) 15 (9): 727–744. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643170 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools G…

• The Politics of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

  Calvin A Woodward, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1975

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  Over the past quarter century, humanists and social scientists in Asia, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere throughout the world have worked together to study modern South Asian cultures

• Sri Lanka in Change and Crisis

  Robert N Kearney, James Manor•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1986•Citada por: 21

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• The Spiral of Suicide and Social Change in Sri Lanka

  Open Access•Robert N Kearney, Barbara D Miller et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Asian Studies•1985•Citada por: 11•Referencias: 10

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  The suicide rate in Sri Lanka tripled between 1955 and 1974, soaring from 6.9 to 22.1 per 100,000 population. Sharp increases were recorded for both sexes, most age groups, and all of the nation's twenty-two districts. The incidence of suicide was greatest in the age range of 15 to 29 years. High rates consistently appeared in the districts of the northeast that either contained local majorities of the Sri Lanka Tamil ethnic minority or experienc…

• Language and the Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1978•Citada por: 8

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  Research Article| May 01 1978 Language and the Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1949) 18 (5): 521–534. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643464 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Sear…

• Educational Expansion and Political Volatility in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1975•Citada por: 8

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  Research Article| September 01 1975 Educational Expansion and Political Volatility in Sri Lanka: The 1971 Insurrection Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1946) 15 (9): 727–744. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643170 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools G…

• Modern Sri Lanka

  Bruce Matthews, Tissa Fernando et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1980•Citada por: 7

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• The Political Party System in Sri Lanka

  Open Access•Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Political Science Quarterly•1983•Citada por: 5

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  The creation of coherent and durable political institutions is among the most vital and difficult of the challenges confronting the developing nations of the Third World. For the nation seeking political order through democratic processes and broad popular participation, the evolution of an institutionalized political party system is of crucial importance. I In Sri Lanka, the growth and institutionalization of a stable political party system over…

• Suicide and Internal Migration in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney, Barbara Miller et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Asian and African…•1988•Citada por: 4

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  This paper examines the rise of suicide rates in Sri Lanka in recent decades and suggests that much of the increase is attributable to the disruptions caused by increased levels of internal migration. Attention is paid to suicide rates by district, sex, and age group. It is shown that, while internal migration cannot explain completely the universal rise in suicide in Sri Lanka, there is a strong association between suicide and internal migration…

• Territorial Elements of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1987•Citada por: 4

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  TI'E RRITORY IS INVOLVED in a great many political disputes, including bitter and intractable conflicts involving separatist claims on the part of ethnic minorities.' Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, is one of the many multi-ethnic states witnessing a collision between the aspirations of two ethnic communities, one numerically dominant, coexisting within the same political entity.2 This conflict has been festering for at least three decades, and has r…

• The Ceylon insurrection of 1971

  Robert N Kearney, Janice Jiggins•ARTICLE•The Journal of Commonwealth &…•1975•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 2

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• Communalism and Language in the Politics of Ceylon

  E R Appathurai, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1968•Citada por: 3

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• Women in Politics in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1981•Citada por: 1

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  Research Article| July 01 1981 Women in Politics in Sri Lanka Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1952) 21 (7): 729–746. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643618 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site…

• Bureaucracy and environment in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney, Richard L Harris•ARTICLE•Journal of Commonwealth Political…•1964•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 3

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• The New Political Crises of Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1962

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  Research Article| June 01 1962 The New Political Crises of Ceylon Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Memorandum (Institute of Pacific Relations, American Council) (1933) 2 (4): 19–27. https://doi.org/10.2307/3023436 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permission…

• Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1963

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  Research Article| February 01 1963 Ceylon: The Continuing Crisis Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Memorandum (Institute of Pacific Relations, American Council) (1934) 3 (2): 123–127. https://doi.org/10.2307/3023684 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon…

• Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney, Charles Jeffries•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1963

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• Bureaucracy and environment in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney, Richard L Harris•ARTICLE•Journal of Commonwealth Political…•1964•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 3

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• Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1964•Referencias: 1

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  Research Article| February 01 1964 Ceylon: A Year of Consolidation Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1935) 4 (2): 729–734. https://doi.org/10.2307/3023582 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ro…

• Sinhalese Nationalism and Social Conflict in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1964

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  C EYLON, WHICH IN i948 COMPLETED a strikingly tranquil passage from colonial status to independence, has recently undergone severe turbulence and sharp internal conflict. The intense class, communal, and religious strife which has plagued the island followed a rapid upsurge of nationalism among the members of the island's majority ethnic community, the Sinhalese, in the first decade after independence. As militant popular nationalism did not deve…

• The Marxists and Coalition Government in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1965

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  Research Article| February 01 1965 The Marxists and Coalition Government in Ceylon Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1936) 5 (2): 120–124. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642489 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search …

• Southeast Asia

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•South Atlantic Quarterly•1965

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  Book Review| January 01 1965 Southeast Asia: Illusion and Reality in Politics and Economics by Lennox A. Mills Southeast Asia: Illusion and Reality in Politics and Economics. By Mills, Lennox A.. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1964. Pp. 365. $6.50. Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Duke University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1965) 64 (1): 145. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876…

• The Emerging Elite. A Study of Political Leadership in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney, Marshall R Singer•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1966

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• Militant Public Service Trade Unionism in a New State

  Open Access•Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•The Journal of Asian Studies•1966•Referencias: 5

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  Rapid growth in the size and militancy of trade union movements has been a common development in the newly independent states of Asia since the end of colonial rule less than two decades ago. In these states, and in the more recently independent African states as well, government employees frequently constitute one of the principal groups of organized workers. Public servants' right of association and right to strike or demonstrate have been amon…

• New Directions in the Politics of Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1967

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  Research Article| February 01 1967 New Directions in the Politics of Ceylon Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1938) 7 (2): 111–116. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642522 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Ci…

• Communalism and Language in the Politics of Ceylon

  E R Appathurai, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1968•Citada por: 3

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• Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1968

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  Research Article| February 01 1968 Ceylon: Political Stresses and Cohesion Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1939) 8 (2): 105–109. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642340 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Cit…

• The Partisan Involvement of Trade Unions in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1968

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  Deep political involvement is commonly identified as a dominant characteristic of trade unions in the newly independent states of Southern Asia and Africa. Trade unions frequently are led by politicians, maintain intimate connections with political parties, and participate actively in the political process. The close association between trade unions and politics has been linked to the prevalent social and economic conditions which promote protest…

• Communalism and Language in the Politics of Ceylon

  Arasaratnam, S Arasaratnam et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1968

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• Political Involvement of India's Trade Unions

  Robert N Kearney, N Pattabhi Raman•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1968

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• Reflections on the Constitution and the Constituent Assembly

  Robert N Kearney, L J M Cooray•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1972

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• Trade Unions and Politics in Ceylon

  George J Lerski, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1972

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• The Rise of the Labor Movement in Ceylon

  Robert N Kearney, Visakha Kumari Jayawardena•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1973

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• The Politics of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

  William L Richter, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•The Western Political Quarterly•1974

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• The Ceylon insurrection of 1971

  Robert N Kearney, Janice Jiggins•ARTICLE•The Journal of Commonwealth &…•1975•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 2

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• The Politics of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

  Lloyd G Nelson, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1975

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• Educational Expansion and Political Volatility in Sri Lanka

  Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Asian Survey•1975•Citada por: 8

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  Research Article| September 01 1975 Educational Expansion and Political Volatility in Sri Lanka: The 1971 Insurrection Robert N. Kearney Robert N. Kearney Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1946) 15 (9): 727–744. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643170 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools G…

• The Politics of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

  Calvin A Woodward, Robert N Kearney•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1975

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  Over the past quarter century, humanists and social scientists in Asia, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere throughout the world have worked together to study modern South Asian cultures

• Electoral Politics in an Emergent State

  Robert N Kearney, A Jeyaratnam Wilson•ARTICLE•The Journal of Asian Studies•1976

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