Sri Lanka's apparel sector holds an enviable place in the imaginary of its competitors for having a niche position amongst global retailers, given its claims of producing 'garments without guilt'. Exploitative labour conditions are not part of the industry's portfolio - ethicality, eco-friendly...

Part I.The role of institutions in food systems change.Introduction: Institutions as conscious food consumers /Sapna E. Thottathil ;Trends in the global food system and implications for institutional foodservice /Kristal Jones,Kimberly Pfeifer,Gina Castillo ;Situating institutional foodservice...

This paper engages the dis/articulations perspective to analyze everyday processes of upgrading in the Sri Lankan apparel industry. Using feminist ethnographic methods that see management discourses as tools of interpellation that partially configure systems of power, I examine how managers are...

Explores patterns and causes of female headship of households among the three major ethnic communities in Eastern Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim. Argues that female headed households are an enduring feature, not a temporary product of war, and that policies should aim at letting women help...