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Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 48) by Dilesh Jayanntha is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Sri Lanka is one of the few new Commonwealth countries to have had a strong democratic tradition and a vibrant electoral life since Independence. In this book, Dilesh Jayanntha examines the basis for Sri Lankan electoral allegiance since 1947. He challenges the prevalent notion that caste is the basis for electoral allegiance and convincingly argues that the patron-client relationship is its primary determinant. Following an introduction outlining recent Sri Lankan political history, Dilesh Jaya
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- Author
- Dilesh Jayanntha
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511521584
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Education, History, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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