Ref ID: | 19969 |
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Ref Type: | Book |
Authors: | Gunasekera, Tamara |
Title: | Hierarchy and egalitarianism: caste, class, and power in Sinhalese peasant society |
Date: | 1994 |
Source: | Monographs on Social Anthropology |
Place of Publication: | London |
Publisher: | Athlone Press |
Abstract: | Examines stratification in rural Sri Lanka, taking account of class, status and power. The interaction of national, regional and local politics has given rise to a new rural power elite, destroying traditional village leadership and threatening rural development based on collective participation. |
Date Created: | 4/21/2015 |
Volume: | 65 |
Page End: | 273 |