Political Radicalism in Changing Sinhalese Villages

The author's preliminary observations of political liberals in Ceylonese villages suggested a more systematic study of an emerging left-wing movement in an underdeveloped country.1 Often these political variants from the traditional norms appeared to be young and well educated; they were not always found among the poorest villagers, nor could they be identified as the village aristocracy. In some cases, the liberals belonged to gangs of thieves. Recognition of these tendencies led to more precise formulation of questions for testing. The presentation of these hypotheses follows a brief description of the historical context and a conceptual scheme for understanding this variant behavior

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