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    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    255 : Sri Lanka’s Ethnicized Experience of Democracy: A reading from the Sri Lankan Survey results of State of Democracy in South Asia

    Pradeep Peiris

    9 February 2017

    This paper attempts to provide a brief insight into the way in which democracy is functioning in Sri Lanka. The perceptions, attitudes and practices of Sri Lankans with regards to democracy are examined by analyzing the findings of the latest survey of the State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA) that was conducted in five countries in South Asia.