Ceylon: Dilemmas of a New Nation

William Howard Wriggins

Published by Princeton University Press 1960

Ceylon

Dilemmas of a New Nation

William Howard Wriggins

Volume 2129 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400876907

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The fate of the newly independent nation is absorbing the attention of statesmen and scholars. This comprehensive study of Ceylon since its independence in 1947 provides a case study of the fundamental issues in these new Asian and African nations. Mr. Wriggins, who spent two years in Ceylon, presents the full historic, economic, political, and social background. He discusses the current political situation in Ceylon, the effect of universal franchise, the increasing communal disorders, the resulting dilemma of representative government, the search for an adequate foreign policy. His findings, which are based on extensive on-the-spot research, illuminate the crucial problem of political change.

Originally published in 1960.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION: THE ISSUES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE: THE SETTING OF POLITICS
CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER III. THE ECONOMIC SETTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
CHAPTER IV. CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
CHAPTER V. THE ACTORS OF POLITICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
PART TWO: CHARACTERISTIC PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC POLITICS
CHAPTER VI. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND CULTURAL NATIONALISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
CHAPTER VII. THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL UNITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
CHAPTER VIII. TOWARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
CHAPTER IX. THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326
PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR A FOREIGN POLICY
CHAPTER X. FOREIGN POLICY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
CHAPTER XI. ASIAN SOLIDARITY AND CEYLON'S FOREIGN POLICY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	418
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485