Felicitation Volume of Senior Professor Prema Podimenike
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Item අපරාධකාරී චර්යාවෙහි මනෝවිද්යාත්මක පසුබිම පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක්(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Gayantha, N.D.G.Item Obstacles against the Tourism Development as an Instrument of Poverty Alleviation(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Gunarathna, M.; Janice L.H.; Chan, J.K.L.The article describes the negative impact of poverty alleviation in tourism of Sri Lanka based on secondary and time series data that were gathered by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority from 1968 to 2014. Additionally, secondary data from Department of Census and Statistics in Sri Lanka and Central Bank of Sri Lanka were employed in the study to examine the key objective. The key objective is to discover potential obstacles against the tourism development as an instrument of poverty alleviation while reviewing the research question that how to improve poverty elimination via tourism development. Pearson correlation analysis and descriptive analysis are used. The study suites two suppositions to accomplish the above mentioned objective focusing empirical evidences. Firstly, there are obstacles to develop tourism industry in Sri Lanka. Secondly, the obstacles affect poverty alleviation via tourism development in Sri Lanka. However, findings of this study reveal that significant relationship between tourism development and poverty alleviation has being damaged by obstacles. We conclude that tourism is a proper instrument to move out from poverty and disparity and suggest that potential obstacles should be managed via tourism development strategies. Therefore this study stimulates for policy makers to refer the present tourism policy and add alternative solutions to unfold issues in Sri Lankan rural tourism industry. Significance of this study is not limited to Sri Lanka and under the limitations; findings, suggestions and conclusions of the study can be utilized to develop rural tourism based national plan in developing world.Item Hegemony of the United States and the Middle East(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Rathnayake, R.M.S.S.The hegemony of the United States (US) in the international order is a widely accepted truth in today’s world. During the Cold War era, the US predominance was greatly curtailed by the power of the Soviet Union and after the Soviet Union’s disintegration, the US rose to power as the undisputed hegemon in the international order. Through the years that followed, the US has been able to influence internal politics of many states using its preponderant power. The Middle East has been and still continues to be a region of great importance in US foreign policy. Since the British forces withdrew from the Middle East, the US has attempted to ensure its preeminence in this strategically important region. Therefore, the US implements various foreign policy strategies which are aimed at enhancing its influence in the Middle East. The main objective of this study is to analyze the foreign policy strategies that the US implements towards the Middle East and examine whether the US foreign policy strategies towards the Middle East serve in safeguarding its hegemonic position in the world order. This study adopts a qualitative methodology and is mainly based on secondary data. An extensive literature survey was conducted and the information and data collected are analyzed in a theoretical perspective. The Hegemonic Stability Theory, Realism, Offensive Realism and Offense-Defense Theory are the main theories that are incorporated in data analysis. In the analysis, US foreign policy towards Iran, Iraq, Israel-Palestine is given prominence. As per the study, the US foreign policy strategies towards the Middle East serve in safeguarding the US hegemony in the world order. However, the US foreign policy strategies towards the Middle Eastern region have a negative impact on the image of the US as a benevolent hegemon.Item පශ්චාත් යුද සමයේ ශ්රි ලංකාවේ සංචාරක කර්මාන්තය, ප්රවනතා හා අභියෝග(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Semasinghe, W.M.Item පශ්චාත් නූතනවාදයේ මූලික විවාදය මාක්ස්වාදය සමගයි(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Hewavithanagamage, U.R.Item සංඛ්යාන විද්යාවේ ඉතිහාසය හා එහි විකාශනය(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Chathuranga, C.D.Item ඩබ්.ඩබ්. රොස්ටොව්ගේ ආර්ථික වර්ධනයේ අවධි පිළිබඳ මාදිලියේ වලංගුතාව(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Hettiarachchi, H.A.T.Item Macroeconomic Trends in Sri Lanka (from 2003 to 2013)(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Nimeshika, G.A.T.Macroeconomic mainly include in overall performance in the economy. In that, Macro economic objectives and macroeconomic variables are got a special place. In this article is expected to analyze overall economic growth, price stability, unemployment and trade balance as macroeconomic variables. According to that, this article is focused to examine macroeconomic trends in Srilankan economy from 2003 to 2013. For this study secondary data have been used by using Central bank reports. By studying above variables in the economy, can able to become a logical consumer. According to analyze the economic growth has increased in 2013. The industry sector is provided a major contribution for GDP. Macroeconomic stability is a necessary condition for high economic growth. But the stability of macroeconomic environment weakens in creating an uncertainty economy with inflation. When the last years (covering 2003-2013) are considered, unemployment rate has decreased rapidly. It is good position for developing the country. But trade deficit has increased. That is a main problem for stability of the country. Finally, we can conclude that the country needs to achieve the goals the Socio Economic stability.Item ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සාම්ප්රදායික වාරි කර්මාන්තය සහ ඒ ආශි්රත ජල කළමනාකරණය(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Sajani, P.R.S.E.; Nishantha, B.M.N.Item A Psychological Perspective on Development of Eating Disorders in Female Athletes(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Alahakoon, T.D.There is strong and consistent evidence that eating disorders are prevalent in sport. These illnesses lead to significant physical and psychological morbidity and impaired performances. Female athletes tend to be affected more than male athletes. This paper intends to reveal the development of eating disorders in female athletes and find associated variables with development of eating disorders in female athletes. It is important to note that both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are determined by an interaction of many factors both personal and biological and social and cultural. Future studies are needed, especially to assess the direct effect of eating disorders on sport performance.