Laksiri Jayasuriya
Biographic Data
| ID | 696649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laksiri Jayasuriya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laksiri |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayasuriya |
| SIGNATURE | JAYASURIYA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Hybrid Regime in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka
Following the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010, the Sri Lankan political system has seen the rise of a ‘one-party dominant state’ and a ‘hybrid regime’. This new political order consists of a mix of democratic and authoritarian elements largely seen in countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. This essay examines the social and political changes introduced by the highly militarized regime led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, which has slante…
Taking Social Development Seriously
This work presents a historical and analytical understanding of Sri Lanka's social development. Instead of merely focusing on economic yardsticks it studies the country's development in the conceptual framework of social policy, with emphasis on the way current institutions reflect the impact of previous political conflicts and struggles
Just War Tradition and Buddhism
Just war, a concept stemming from Christian theological scholarship, has become part of the Western social and political lexicon. This article examines how Buddhism as a non-Abrahamic faith has dealt with just war thinking. To this end, it specifically analyzes some of the recent scholarly studies of just war ideology in relation to the civil war in Sri Lanka. It is argued that just war thinking is essentially a question of how issues of religion…
Constructions of culture and identity in contemporary social theorising1
This article seeks to address the problematic nature of the cultural concept in social theory, and public formulations such as multiculturalism and national identity. By examining two dominant, contrasting and complementary viewpoints of culture – the ideational drawn from anthropological theory, and the structural from a more sociological perspective – it suggests that identity is the outcome of a complex interaction of Socio-behavioural factors
Legacies of White Australia
Review(s) of: Legacies of White Australia: Race, Culture and Nation by Laksiri Jayasuriya, David Walker and Jan Gothard, University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, 2003. pp. xii + 267. $38.95 paper. Review(s) of: Facing North: A Century of Australian Engagement with Asia, Volume 1, 1901 to the 1970s by David Goldsworthy, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, 2001. pp. xx + 523. $59.95 cloth, $36.30 paper
Legacies of white Australia
More than one hundred years after it first appeared in the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and thirty years after it was reportedly put to rest, the so-called White Australia policy continues to haunt the Australian political landscape. In the new millennium the Tampa incident and controversy surrounding asylum seekers have fuelled renewed speculation about the enduring legacies of White Australia. In this volume, leading Australian scholars cri…
Citizenship and Welfare
The Political Foundations of Australia's Pluralist Society
This article examines the political foundations of Australia as a multicultural nation in the context of the republican debate and the prospect of constitutional reform. In establishing a constitutional basis for the pluralism inherent in Australian society as it has evolved over lime demographically and normatively, there are symbolic and functional considerations which need to be addressed. It is argued that the key to restructuring the politic…
Emerging Issues
The Paper examines selected aspects of transcultural psychiatry with a view to demonstrating the changes in theorizing that have taken place. It denotes a shift from conventional psychiatric theorizing based on epidemiological studies to a ‘new transcultural psychiatry’ which provided a broader framework for understanding mental illness. The paper draws attention to the characterisation of the nature of mental illness as a psychiatric disorder; a…
The Problematic of Culture and Identity in Social Functioning
The Paper endeavours to examine the way in which the culture concept has been used in multicultural public policies. In culture theorising it identified two distinct traditions-one reminiscent of the Arts, and the other, more characteristic of the social sciences, in particular, 'cultural anthropology.' Considering the limitations of the culture concept based on a more structural approach. It considers how the culture concept is circumscribed by …
Language and Culture in Australian Public Policy
This article examines the rationale and philosophical underpinnings of Australian public policy relating to language and culture, especially as they have emerged in relation to nonindigenous ethnic minorities, i.e., migrants and ethnic groups. An underlying theme is that the concepts of language and culture as they have evolved in relation to the ideologies of multiculturalism are not neutral but contested concepts which need understanding and cr…
Language and Culture in Australian Public Policy
Ethnic Minorities and Social Justice in Australian Society
This paper will endeavour to comment briefly on the way in which the issue of social justice has been handled by Australian social policies relating to non‐indigenous ethnic minorities in recent times, all of which have developed within a framework of multiculturalism. Hence, what are being considered are multicultural social policies — their goals and objectives as they have evolved over the past two decades. Part of this examination will also i…
The Hybrid Regime in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka
Following the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010, the Sri Lankan political system has seen the rise of a ‘one-party dominant state’ and a ‘hybrid regime’. This new political order consists of a mix of democratic and authoritarian elements largely seen in countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. This essay examines the social and political changes introduced by the highly militarized regime led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, which has slante…
Constructions of culture and identity in contemporary social theorising1
This article seeks to address the problematic nature of the cultural concept in social theory, and public formulations such as multiculturalism and national identity. By examining two dominant, contrasting and complementary viewpoints of culture – the ideational drawn from anthropological theory, and the structural from a more sociological perspective – it suggests that identity is the outcome of a complex interaction of Socio-behavioural factors
Citizenship and Welfare
The Political Foundations of Australia's Pluralist Society
This article examines the political foundations of Australia as a multicultural nation in the context of the republican debate and the prospect of constitutional reform. In establishing a constitutional basis for the pluralism inherent in Australian society as it has evolved over lime demographically and normatively, there are symbolic and functional considerations which need to be addressed. It is argued that the key to restructuring the politic…
Language and Culture in Australian Public Policy
Ethnic Minorities and Social Justice in Australian Society
This paper will endeavour to comment briefly on the way in which the issue of social justice has been handled by Australian social policies relating to non‐indigenous ethnic minorities in recent times, all of which have developed within a framework of multiculturalism. Hence, what are being considered are multicultural social policies — their goals and objectives as they have evolved over the past two decades. Part of this examination will also i…
Ethnic Minorities and Social Justice in Australian Society
This paper will endeavour to comment briefly on the way in which the issue of social justice has been handled by Australian social policies relating to non‐indigenous ethnic minorities in recent times, all of which have developed within a framework of multiculturalism. Hence, what are being considered are multicultural social policies — their goals and objectives as they have evolved over the past two decades. Part of this examination will also i…
Language and Culture in Australian Public Policy
This article examines the rationale and philosophical underpinnings of Australian public policy relating to language and culture, especially as they have emerged in relation to nonindigenous ethnic minorities, i.e., migrants and ethnic groups. An underlying theme is that the concepts of language and culture as they have evolved in relation to the ideologies of multiculturalism are not neutral but contested concepts which need understanding and cr…
Language and Culture in Australian Public Policy
The Problematic of Culture and Identity in Social Functioning
The Paper endeavours to examine the way in which the culture concept has been used in multicultural public policies. In culture theorising it identified two distinct traditions-one reminiscent of the Arts, and the other, more characteristic of the social sciences, in particular, 'cultural anthropology.' Considering the limitations of the culture concept based on a more structural approach. It considers how the culture concept is circumscribed by …
Emerging Issues
The Paper examines selected aspects of transcultural psychiatry with a view to demonstrating the changes in theorizing that have taken place. It denotes a shift from conventional psychiatric theorizing based on epidemiological studies to a ‘new transcultural psychiatry’ which provided a broader framework for understanding mental illness. The paper draws attention to the characterisation of the nature of mental illness as a psychiatric disorder; a…
The Political Foundations of Australia's Pluralist Society
This article examines the political foundations of Australia as a multicultural nation in the context of the republican debate and the prospect of constitutional reform. In establishing a constitutional basis for the pluralism inherent in Australian society as it has evolved over lime demographically and normatively, there are symbolic and functional considerations which need to be addressed. It is argued that the key to restructuring the politic…
Citizenship and Welfare
Legacies of white Australia
More than one hundred years after it first appeared in the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and thirty years after it was reportedly put to rest, the so-called White Australia policy continues to haunt the Australian political landscape. In the new millennium the Tampa incident and controversy surrounding asylum seekers have fuelled renewed speculation about the enduring legacies of White Australia. In this volume, leading Australian scholars cri…
Legacies of White Australia
Review(s) of: Legacies of White Australia: Race, Culture and Nation by Laksiri Jayasuriya, David Walker and Jan Gothard, University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, 2003. pp. xii + 267. $38.95 paper. Review(s) of: Facing North: A Century of Australian Engagement with Asia, Volume 1, 1901 to the 1970s by David Goldsworthy, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, 2001. pp. xx + 523. $59.95 cloth, $36.30 paper
Constructions of culture and identity in contemporary social theorising1
This article seeks to address the problematic nature of the cultural concept in social theory, and public formulations such as multiculturalism and national identity. By examining two dominant, contrasting and complementary viewpoints of culture – the ideational drawn from anthropological theory, and the structural from a more sociological perspective – it suggests that identity is the outcome of a complex interaction of Socio-behavioural factors
Just War Tradition and Buddhism
Just war, a concept stemming from Christian theological scholarship, has become part of the Western social and political lexicon. This article examines how Buddhism as a non-Abrahamic faith has dealt with just war thinking. To this end, it specifically analyzes some of the recent scholarly studies of just war ideology in relation to the civil war in Sri Lanka. It is argued that just war thinking is essentially a question of how issues of religion…
Taking Social Development Seriously
This work presents a historical and analytical understanding of Sri Lanka's social development. Instead of merely focusing on economic yardsticks it studies the country's development in the conceptual framework of social policy, with emphasis on the way current institutions reflect the impact of previous political conflicts and struggles
The Hybrid Regime in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka
Following the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010, the Sri Lankan political system has seen the rise of a ‘one-party dominant state’ and a ‘hybrid regime’. This new political order consists of a mix of democratic and authoritarian elements largely seen in countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. This essay examines the social and political changes introduced by the highly militarized regime led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, which has slante…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Multiculturalism (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Social science (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Publishing (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)