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First this article emphasise the need to analyse Sri Lankan state in a global context. Second it looks at the implications for the Sri Lankan state given the current changes globally.
Progressive politics keeping mind state formation agenda
Article in the Global Justice Journal giving a different interpretation on US sponsoring the Unhurt resolution in 2014. Full reference at the end of the article.
Introduction to a study on politics of foreign aid in Sri Lanka
Combining foreign aid as a part of foreign policy of donor countries and state formation process in Sri Lanka
An article focusing on political implications of the defeat of Ranil Wickremasinghe
The need for new ideas in social policy in Sri Lanka and the need to focus on economic inequality
Sunil Bastian is a political economist. His current research interests are politics of state formation and development of capitalism in Sri Lanka. He has published widely, and is the editor of Devolution and Development in Sri Lanka (1994). He has co-edited with Nicola Bastian, Assessing Participation, A debate from South Asia (1996), and with Robin Luckham, Can Democracy be Designed? The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-torn Societies (2003) published by Zed Press, London. His most recent publication is The Politics of Foreign Aid in Sri Lanka. Promoting Markets and Supporting Peace (2007). He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo and chairperson of the Centre for Poverty Analysis. He has more than two decades of consultancy experience with a range of donor agencies.
Devolution and Development in Sri Lanka
(1994) Editor, Devolution and Development. New Delhi: Konark Publishers.
Assessing participation - A debate from south asia
(1997) Co-editor, Assessing Participation: A Debate from South Asia. New Delhi: ITDG/Konark Publishers.
The politics of foreign Aid in Sri Lanka
(2007) Politics of foreign aid in Sri Lanka, Promoting markets and supporting peace. Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies.
Can democracy be designed?
(2003) Co-editor, Can Democracy be Designed? London: Zed Books.
Reflections on state formation
Rethinking the idea of state security
Towards a debate on state formation in Sri Lanka (2021)
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