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Ref ID: 19969
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