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The State, factional politics and collective well-being

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.
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