Crisis in Sri Lanka & the World: Colonial & Neoliberal Origins: Ecological & Collective Alternatives
Posted on August 26th, 2023
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The publication provides an in-depth analysis of Sri Lanka’s ongoing political and economic crisis, taking into account the island’s historical evolution, with an emphasis on external political and economic intervention. The book discusses the unequal economic and financial architecture of the global economy, which set the framework for the debt and socio-economic crisis in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. It also explores the emergence of the crisis in the context of the accelerating geopolitical conflict between China and the United States in the Indian Ocean. The book concludes with a consideration of the ethical dilemmas behind the debt and survival crisis in Sri Lanka and across the world. It points out a range of social movements and initiatives in Sri Lanka and the Global South which subscribe to collective and ecological alternatives, and a path of sustainability and social justice.