Social and economic disparities: A case study of post war period of Jaffna district in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Introduction The economic activities can be explained using economic anthropology or economic sociology. Economic activities are directly related with the land, labor and money. In Sri Lanka, the consequences of the three decades of the war is felt in every sphere of social and economic life. The northern and eastern regions have been the main victims of the war. There was a wide spread sense of insecurity and vulnerability among the population, a feeling of despair and hopelessness among young and erosion of political, legal and social right. According to Tamil community is determined by caste, gender relationship, minority or ethnic group identity (socio-economic, cultural and political background of past). Thus, another major change that come with the war and post war transformation is that the elite began claiming economic activities and common resource in many ways. However, the living conditions of those who were disadvantage group of people in the Tamil communities are suffering a lot. This study focus on stories about the ordinary lives of people and socio- economic disparities through different human and non- human symbols in post war Jaffna.