WILSON, A(lfred) Jeyaratnam

WILSON, A(lfred) Jeyaratnam. Canadian (born Sri Lanka), b. 1928. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Round Table, Contemporary South Asia, Leverhulme Research Scholar, London School of Economics, 1955; University Research Fellow in Politics University of Leicester, 1964-65; Research Assoc, McGill University, Montreal, 1970-71; Professor of Political Science, and Head, Dept of Economics and Political Science, University of Ceylon, 1970-72; Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Political Science, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., 1972-86; Simon Sr Fellow, Manchester University, 1971- 72; Sr Assoc Member, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1976-77; Sr Research Assoc, Columbia University, NYC, 1977; Academic Visitor, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1977; Simon Research Professor in Government, Victoria University of Manchester, 1986-86. Publications: Politics in Sri Lanka 1947-73, 1974, 1979; Electoral Politics in an Emergent State: The Ceylon General Election of May 1970, 1975; The Gaullist System in Asia, 1980; (ed and Contrib with D. Dalton) The States of South Asia: Problems of National Integration, 1982; (ed with R. Goldmann) From Independence to Statehood: Managing Ethnic Conflict in Five African and Asian States, 1984; The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict, 1989; S.J.V. Chelvanayakam and the Crisis of Ceylon Tamil Nationalism, 1947-77, A Political Biography, 1994; (with A. Kapur) The Foreign Policy of India and Her Neighbour, 1996; Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Origins and Development, 1999. Address: 44 Charles Street West, No. 3508, Toronto, ON, Canada M4Y 1R8. Online address: ajwilson@sypatico.ca