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This book examines the relationship between ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka. Drawing on a historically informed political sociology, it explores how the economic and the ethnic have encountered one another, focusing in particular on the phenomenon of Sinhala nationalism. In doing so, the book engages with some of the central issues in contemporary Sri Lanka: why has the ethnic conflict been so protracted, and so resistant to solution? What explains the enduring political significance of Sinhala nationalism? What is the relationship between market reform and conflict? Why did the Norwegian-sponsored peace process collapse? How is the Rajapaksa phenomenon to be understood? The topical spread of the book is broad, covering the evolution of peasant agriculture, land scarcity, state welfarism, nationalist ideology, party systems, political morality, military employment, business elites, market reforms, and development aid.

Nationalism --- Economic development --- Ethnic conflict --- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) --- Cingalese (Sri Lankan people) --- Singhalese (Sri Lankan people) --- Sinhala (Sri Lankan people) --- Sinhalese --- Ethnology --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Politics and government. --- Sri Lanka --- Shri Lanka --- Lanka --- Serendib --- Taprobane --- Cellao --- Zeilan --- Serendip --- Sī Langkā --- Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya --- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka --- Śrīlaṅkā --- Ilaṅkai --- Ceylon

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"The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India's relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India."--Provided by publisher.

Songs, Sinhalese --- Sinhalese poetry --- Texts --- History and criticism. --- Sri Lanka --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations --- Sinhalese songs --- Sinhalese literature --- Shri Lanka --- Lanka --- Serendib --- Taprobane --- Cellao --- Zeilan --- Serendip --- Sī Langkā --- Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya --- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka --- Śrīlaṅkā --- Ilaṅkai --- Ceylon --- HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia --- History and criticism --- 20th century. --- community. --- composition. --- contemporary. --- culture. --- modern world. --- music. --- musician. --- musicianship. --- nationalism. --- nationalist thought. --- nationalist. --- poetry. --- political. --- politics. --- pure sinhala fraternity. --- romance. --- singhala song. --- social studies. --- sri lanka. --- sri lankan culture. --- sri lankan music. --- sri lankan people. --- sri lankan poetry. --- standards of excellence. --- wartime. --- world music.