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Rehabilitation and aftercare of drug related women prisoners in Sri Lanka

Subasinghe, Wasantha; Kumudu Sumedha (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Many people grasping to drugs faced difficulty to detach themselves from the spell of drugs. Therefore, the number of drug related prisoners are increasing. This group has defined ?drug-related prisoners? as prisoners who ...
Relevance of two level game theory in analyzing Sri Lanka s foreign policy (1983-1995)

Gunasena, J.T.S. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

This research paper is purely theory oriented and it explains the relevance of two level game theory in analyzing Sri Lanka?s foreign policy as a small state. The two level game theory explains the foreign policy behavior ...
Representation of motherhood in television advertisements

Meegaswatta, T (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Television is one of the most popular sources of entertainment in the modern world. It is certainly so in Sri Lanka where 80% of households have televisions. Advertising plays a crucial role in the modern world, since they ...
Semiotics of the language used in Commercials

Liyanage D (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Here we study regarding the semiotics contained in the language of advertising. An advertisement is a marketing tool which has rapid increase within present commercial world. In that the television is a media which advertises ...
Small and medium enterprises and development strategies: a lesson from ASEAN

Gamage, B.N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up more than 80% of all businesses in Sri Lanka, and account for about 35% of employment and about 20% of total industrial value addition.This important sector has a crucial role ...
Small states in International Relations Theory: theory and practice

Gunasekara, S.N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

International Relations Theory has largely ignored the security preserving options of small states while emphasizing the strategies and actions employed by great powers. They have little to say about small states. According ...
Social and symbolic roles of Sri Lankan traditional food culture

Ihalagama, S. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Food culture of any society should not be analyzed for the sole purpose of describing diet and nutrition because it is inherently social. As Radcliffe-Brown (1922) states food is a means of regulating the social system. ...
Social impacts of ?Rajarata kidney disease?: with special reference to Welioya Divisional Secretariat Division

Karunathilake K; Vitharana L D S (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Though there are certain evidences of historical roots for kidney disease in the North Central Province, it had not become a major health hazard for the people of this region until last two decades. However, it has rapidly ...
Some esoteric writing methods of demonological manuscripts

Embuldeniya, P. (Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

This paper is concerned with some esoteric writing methods of demonological manuscripts related to the Anhettuwela Yakaduru generation and the importance of using esoteric writing methods in demonology. Demonology obtains ...
Some insight into the land use issues in the irrigated settlements in Sri Lanka: a study at East-Peraru Colony in the Kanthale Divisional Secretariat

Rathnayaka, R.M.R.B.; Peiris, T.S.U.; Alwis, L.K.K.D.; Rathnayaka, R.M.C.P.; Chathurangi, K.D.D.; Ediriweera, E.P.P.; Dharmasiri, L.M. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Land has been man?s habitat, living space and a matter of life and death of survival or starvation. Being one of the most scare resource in the world, the demand for land has been accelerating due to continuous growth of ...
Sri Lankan research output at international level: a picture from Scopus

Navaneethkrishnan S (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Highlighting the various output patterns of research publications of Sri Lanka, present study identifies the trends in Sri Lankan research performance as reflected by the research publications output between years 1980 ...
Stilt fishing in Southern Sri Lanka: management constraints and future sustainability

Epa, U.P.K.; Zoysa, M.C.L. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Stilt fishing is one of the traditional artisanal fishing methods which cannot be seen in any part of the world except in Southern coast of Sri Lanka. This unique fishing method is identified by the supporting structure ...
Sustainability of participatory development projects in local government areas of Sri Lanka: the cases of Community Governance Projects in Nikaweratiya and Navithanvelli Divisional councils

Sakalasooriya N (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Today, the development scientists of all over the world have to pay their attention about the sustainability of the development projects in various levels and the scales of development process. Approaches of Inclusiveness ...
Sustainable development framework for an environmentally sensitive area: the case of Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

Sakalasooriya N P (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

This paper scrutinizes the factors, processes and causes, which need to be considered in developing a sustainable development framework for environmentally sensitive areas, through a case study in Sri Lanka. The environmentally ...
Terminological issues in the field of disaster management: an overview

Amarasinghe, A.G. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Terminologies can be considered as the key driving force of any field of studies or development programs. Significant number of terminology is in use in the field of disaster management at present. The field of disaster ...
The bio-diversity destruction caused by the harmful human activities: with reference to Munnakkaraya area in the neighbourhood of Negombo lagoon

Fernando, N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Destruction of bio diversity has become one of the prominent problem today. At present humans are engaged in various activities and the destruction of the bio-diversity is the main problem. Nowadays, people do everything ...
The economic conditions of the Dambadeniya period as depicted by the Royal Donations to the Buddhist Sangha

Sudharmawathie J M (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

This paper focuses on the relationship between the economic conditions of the Dambadeniya Period and the Royal Donations to the Buddhist Sangha. The political instability during the last phase of the Rajarata civilization ...
The effectiveness of current strategies used to build social resilience and reconstruction in Mullaitivu District at Wellamullivykkal

Herath, H.O. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

The wars seen in any angle is against to justice and it denies all human rights and thus became entirely unjustifiable. Sri Lankan ethnic conflict also lasted closely three decades and the country lost 1000s of lives without ...
The end of the Cold War and the emergence of supranationalism in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Yaya B H; Malam Bashir (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

ECOWAS is a sub-regional integration organization in Africa, whose main objective is the market integration of its fifteen member states. The organization has suffered criticisms as a result of the poor implementation of ...
The human effects on Baobab trees of Manner Island: a case study in Secretariat Division of Mannar

Ranaweera R A D P (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

The baobab tree still survives in Manner due to its status as a ?zero-cost species? which does not compete with native species. In ancient times, the Arab traders who brought camels to Manner, fed the animals with the ...

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