The main focus of this book is on understanding the emerging relationship between State, Market and Social Classes in the city of Colombo in the context of emerging housing market and citizens, access to livable house ...

This study focuses on the impact of forced relocation on the livelihoods of residents who lived in the city of Galle, Southern Province of Sri Lanka, prior to the 2004 tsunami, who were later forcibly relocated into new ...

Abstract In this paper an attempt is made to theorise the contemporary notion of the “ordinary” in contrast to the ancient Greek understanding of citizenship formed in the context of a perceived division between the ...

This study provides an empirical case study of caste and social exclusion of war-affected Jaffna society. Initial part of this study developed through secondary and historical information on caste-based exclusion and all ...

This sociological study focuses on the relationship of consumption patterns and solid waste generation and its impact on water pollution in the catchment of Pinga Oya, tributary of Mahaweli. This paper is based on the study ...