Political Structure in a Changing Sinhalese Village.

List of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction: problems and assumptions Part I. The Village of Morapitiya: 2. An introduction to Morapitiya Part II. Traditional Political Structure (P-1): 3. Leaders without groups 4. Morapitiyan disputes: I 5. Morapitiyan disputes: II 6. The rules of the game: 1963 Part III. The Political System in Transition: 7. 1963: introduction of the new order 8. 1967: failure of the new and collapse of the old 9. The emergence of P-2 Part IV. The Morapitiyan Colonists: 10. Of ants and fire 11. Conclusions Epilogue, 1972 Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index.