Table of Contents

Foreword - Pitman B Potter Introduction PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIETAL RE-ORGANIZATION Overwhelming Change and Faltering Institutions, 1948-2002 - Barrie M Morrison PART TWO: TENSIONS OF CLASS AND CASTE, GROUP RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS Religious and Ideological Intransigence among the Sinhalese - Bruce Matthews Religious Ideology among the Tamils - Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam Tightening Social Cohesion and Excluding 'Others' among the Sinhalese - Bruce Matthews From Differences to Ethnic Solidarity among the Tamils - Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam Illustration and Poetry The Rise of Militant Tamil Nationalism, Its Assumptions and the Cultural Production of Tamil Women - Sumathy Sivamohan PART THREE: THE STRUGGLE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE, A BETTER SOCIETY Struggling to Create Self-Help Organizations in an Urban Slum - Sri Ranjith Mahaiyawa Expanding World Demand for Gems - Karunatissa Atukorala The Old Poor and the New Rich in Ratnapura Bonded Tea Estate Workers - M Sinnathamby Still Waiting at the Gates Satyodaya, NGOs and Civil Society - Paul Caspersz Mobilizing across Class and Community in a Globalizing Economy PART FOUR: BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY? LARGE PROBLEMS WITH WEAKENED CAPACITY Justice for the Dispossessed - S H Hasbullah The Case of a Forgotten Minority in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict Who Will Care for Those Left at Home? The Effect of New Opportunities for Work on Families in Sri Lanka - Nancy Waxler-Morrison Damming the Flood of Violence and Shoring Up Civil Society in a Era of Globalization - Sisira Pinnawala Conclusion - S H Hasbullah and Barrie M Morrison Reflections on Globalization and Social Cohesion in Sri Lanka