S. Janaka Biyanwila is an independent researcher in the area of labour studies with interests in labour movement, social movements, civil society, gender and nationalism. He has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka, and as a lecturer at the University of Western Australia and the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has also competed as a springboard diver and represented Sri Lanka at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Challenges of Democracy, Development and Popular Movements Chapter 2. The Popular Uprising: Collective Action, Activists and Strategies Chapter 3. The Rajapaksa Regime: Development, Regional Alliances, Militarization and the Pandemic Chapter 4. Reasons for the Crisis: Financialisation, Commercialization of the State, Popular Discontent and Inequality Chapter 5. Prospects of Democratic Renewal: Patrimonial Capitalism, Representative and Movement Politics Chapter 6. Lessons: De-Militarization, Development and Democracy

S. Janaka Biyanwila is an independent researcher in the area of labour studies with interests in labour movement, social movements, civil society, gender and nationalism. He has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka, and as a lecturer at the University of Western Australia and the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has also competed as a springboard diver and represented Sri Lanka at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Challenges of Democracy, Development and Popular Movements Chapter 2. The Popular Uprising: Collective Action, Activists and Strategies Chapter 3. The Rajapaksa Regime: Development, Regional Alliances, Militarization and the Pandemic Chapter 4. Reasons for the Crisis: Financialisation, Commercialization of the State, Popular Discontent and Inequality Chapter 5. Prospects of Democratic Renewal: Patrimonial Capitalism, Representative and Movement Politics Chapter 6. Lessons: De-Militarization, Development and Democracy

S. Janaka Biyanwila is an independent researcher in the area of labour studies with interests in labour movement, social movements, civil society, gender and nationalism. He has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka, and as a lecturer at the University of Western Australia and the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has also competed as a springboard diver and represented Sri Lanka at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Challenges of Democracy, Development and Popular Movements Chapter 2. The Popular Uprising: Collective Action, Activists and Strategies Chapter 3. The Rajapaksa Regime: Development, Regional Alliances, Militarization and the Pandemic Chapter 4. Reasons for the Crisis: Financialisation, Commercialization of the State, Popular Discontent and Inequality Chapter 5. Prospects of Democratic Renewal: Patrimonial Capitalism, Representative and Movement Politics Chapter 6. Lessons: De-Militarization, Development and Democracy