Sri Lanka in 2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8370907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nira Wickramasinghe (0000-0002-0240-1882, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 211-216 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2021.61.1.211 |
| OpenAlex | W3133796804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa set in motion a process aimed at consolidating their family’s control of the executive, cabinet, and legislature. The global coronavirus pandemic gave them an opportunity to further militarize the administration of the country. The ruling party, the Sri Lanka People’s Front, won a two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections, which allowed them to enact decisive constitutional change and overturn crucial legislation that curbed the power of the executive. The government’s ability to withstand the economic crisis and control the pandemic will be key to their complete blunting of any opposition forces
Administration (probate law · Cabinet (room · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Executive power · Geography · Legislation · Legislature · Opposition (politics · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Socioeconomics · Sri lanka · United front · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |