CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION: THE ISSUES 1
5. PART ONE: THE SETTING OF POLITICS
6. CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING 11
7. CHAPTER III. THE ECONOMIC SETTING 51
8. CHAPTER IV. CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION 79
9. CHAPTER V. THE ACTORS OF POLITICS 104
10. PART TWO: CHARACTERISTIC PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC POLITICS
11. CHAPTER VI. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND CULTURAL NATIONALISM 169
12. CHAPTER VII. THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL UNITY 211
13. CHAPTER VIII. TOWARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 271
14. CHAPTER IX. THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 326
15. PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR A FOREIGN POLICY
16. CHAPTER X. FOREIGN POLICY 373
17. CHAPTER XI. ASIAN SOLIDARITY AND CEYLON'S FOREIGN POLICY 418
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 471
19. INDEX 485