Product Description: This text discusses the principal political and constitutional questions that have arisen in the states of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka following fifty years of independence. In Sri Lanka the pressing problems have been around the inter-ethnic civil war, experiments with constitutional designs, widespread prevalence of corruption and the recrudescence of Buddhist militancy...read more

Product Description: This book was first published in 1975. The process of electing governments and replacing them in a peaceful and constitutional manner has characterised Ceylonese politics since 1947. Against the background of Ceylon's political development, Professor Wilson presents a detailed description and analysis of the events and aftermath of the General Election of 1970...read more

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This study of perceptions, interests and strategies of South Asian states reveals the analytical and empirical richness of three kinds of states in the region: India - the regional hegemon; Pakistan - India's permanent competitor; and other South Asian states who do not accept Pakistani perceptions, interests and strategies about India. Collectively South Asian states (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, The Bhutan and Maldives) make up a quarter of humanity. Their presence on the regional and world stage is of increasing importance. The record of diplomatic, military and ethnic conflict in South Asia must be studied historically in the contemporary context of regional and global change. This book assesses the diplomatic and strategic principles of countries in the area, concentrating on developments after 1947.

Product Description: Through a succession of key stages since Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) became independent in 1948, its Tamil minority, historically concentrated in the north and east but with an important segment in Colombo, became alienated from the Sinhalese majority and, after peaceful opposition failed to secure its rights, resorted to an armed struggle...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)