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by Prof. S. T. Hettige, Dept. of Sociology, University of Colombo The establishment of a popular democratic state in Sri Lanka after
independence gave rise to a widely shared hope that the collective
well-begin of the general population could be achieved through a process
of systematic State intervention. It also gave rise to the expectation
that the State cold transcend various divisions in society and emerge as
the main source of collective identity and well-being for all citizens,
irrespective of class, caste, ethnicity and other divisions. Other Stories
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