Browsing Research Reports by Author "de Mel, Nishan"

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    • Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lanka Civil Society 

      de Mel, Nishan; Gunatilleke, Gehan; Chaaminda, Sumith (Verité Research, 2015-10)
      Civil society in Sri Lanka has maintained a complex relationship with political society. Over the years, the nature and extent of civil society space has been determined by the policies and ideologies dominant in the ...

    • Provincial Council Elections 2014: A Political Analysis—Central, Northern and North Western Province 

      Chaaminda, Sumith; de Mel, Nishan (Colombo: Verité Research, 2013)
      Provincial Council elections were conducted in three of Sri Lanka’s nine provinces, the Central (CP), North-Western (NWP) and Northern Provinces (NP) in September 2013. These provinces, when combined together, account for ...

    • Sri Lanka Provincial Council Elections 2012 

      Research Bulletin;Vol. 02, No. 04
      de Mel, Nishan; Chaaminda, Sumith       (2012-09)
      This report features a comprehensive analysis of the Provincial Council Elections held in September 2012, detailing the performance of major political parties, voting trends, and the emerging political landscape in post-war ...

    • Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016 

      de Mel, Nishan; Gunatilleke, Gehan; Fernando, Janeen; Knight, Malathy; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Mohammed, Rehana; Wettimuny, Shamara; Munas, Hasna (Colombo: The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)
      Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and one ...