Mw Amarasiri De Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 2862838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mw Amarasiri De Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mw Amarasiri |
| FAMILY NAME | De Silva |
| SIGNATURE | DE SILVA M A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do name changes to "acaste" names by the Sinhalese indicate a diminishing significance of caste
In modern Sri Lankan society, caste has become less significant as a marker of social identity and exclusion than was the case in the past. While acknowledging this trend across South Asian societies, the literature does not adequately explain why this is happening. Increasing urbanization, the growing number of inter-caste marriages, the expanding middle class, and the bulging youth population have all been suggested as contributory factors. In …
Ethnicity, politics and inequality
The provision of humanitarian aid at times of disaster in multi-ethnic community settings may lead to conflict, tension and even the widening of the distance between various ethnic groups. That aid agencies distribute humanitarian aid directly to affected communities, to speed up recovery, may often lead to chaos and the intensification of ethnic sentiments. The new distribution mechanisms introduced for the delivery of tsunami aid in Ampara Dist…
Care seeking in Sri Lanka
Ethnicity, politics and inequality
The provision of humanitarian aid at times of disaster in multi-ethnic community settings may lead to conflict, tension and even the widening of the distance between various ethnic groups. That aid agencies distribute humanitarian aid directly to affected communities, to speed up recovery, may often lead to chaos and the intensification of ethnic sentiments. The new distribution mechanisms introduced for the delivery of tsunami aid in Ampara Dist…
Care seeking in Sri Lanka
Care seeking in Sri Lanka
Ethnicity, politics and inequality
The provision of humanitarian aid at times of disaster in multi-ethnic community settings may lead to conflict, tension and even the widening of the distance between various ethnic groups. That aid agencies distribute humanitarian aid directly to affected communities, to speed up recovery, may often lead to chaos and the intensification of ethnic sentiments. The new distribution mechanisms introduced for the delivery of tsunami aid in Ampara Dist…
Do name changes to "acaste" names by the Sinhalese indicate a diminishing significance of caste
In modern Sri Lankan society, caste has become less significant as a marker of social identity and exclusion than was the case in the past. While acknowledging this trend across South Asian societies, the literature does not adequately explain why this is happening. Increasing urbanization, the growing number of inter-caste marriages, the expanding middle class, and the bulging youth population have all been suggested as contributory factors. In …
Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 work)