University of Colombo (UoC)
University di Colombo, Sri Lanka
94, University of Colombo, Cumaratunga Munidasa Mw, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
University of Colombo (UoC)
The University of Colombo (Sinhalese: කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලය Kolomba Vishvavidyalaya, Tamil: கொழும்புப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) (UoC) is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the oldest institution of modern higher education in Sri Lanka. Specialised in the fields of natural, social, and applied sciences as well as mathematics, computer sciences, and law. The University of Colombo was founded in 1921.
Bidang studi: Multidisciplinary
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• 2010 Sri Lanka
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This article provides a critical understanding of dynamics behind the roles of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) in post-1977 Sri Lankan politics. Having suffered a severe setback in the early 1970s... -
• 2009 Bangladesh • India • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
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This paper is a preliminary report on citizens' understanding and perceptions of democracy in Sri Lanka, as refl ected in a survey carried out in 2004-2005. The survey was a part of a South Asian stud...
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• 2009 India • Sri Lanka
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In Sri Lanka's political science research, the body of work directly on the theme of democracy is somewhat thin. The survey and studies on the ‘State of Democracy and Human Security”, carried out by t...
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• 2009 Sri Lanka
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Knowledge production on the concept of ‘citizenship' in Sri Lanka has suffered firstly from the anglophilia of most research in the social sciences undertaken in the postcolonial period. Unlike in the...
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Putting Democracy Under an Ethnographic-lens: Understanding of ‘Democracy' and Popular Politics of JHU in Sri Lanka Download• 2009 Sri Lanka
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Research on democracy and democratisation has tended to emphasise macro-level explanations of ‘transition' and ‘consolidation' which stress the roles played by institutions and elites. By and large, t...