St. Cloud State University theRepository at St. Cloud State Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility Interdisciplinary Programs 9-2016 Neoliberalism and Social Justice in the City: An Examination of Postwar Urban Development in Colombo, Sri Lanka Leoma T. Van Dort Saint Cloud State University Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/socresp_etds Part of the Other Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Van Dort, Leoma T., "Neoliberalism and Social Justice in the City: An Examination of Postwar Urban Development in Colombo, Sri Lanka" (2016). Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility. 7. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/socresp_etds/7 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Interdisciplinary Programs at theRepository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility by an authorized administrator of theRepository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Neoliberalism and Social Justice in the City: An Examination of Postwar Urban Development in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Leoma Therese Van Dort A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of St. Cloud State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Social Responsibility September, 2016 Thesis Committee: Dr. Ajaykumar Panicker, Chairperson Dr. Stephen Philion Dr. Jason Lindsey 2 Abstract Neoliberal urban development has witnessed tremendous changes in urban landscapes around the world. It has also contributed to increasing inequalities and social injustices in these changing urban landscapes. This study is an attempt to explore how neoliberal urban processes and accumulation by dispossession have shaped the new and rapid urban (re)development drive in Sri Lanka that is dramatically restructuring Colombo’s landscape and the socio-economic positions of its people.