The book is authored by Bertram Bastiampillai and Shelton Wanasinghe who have served in public institutions in Sri Lanka for long periods. The book focuses on topics ranging from the evolution of devolution and beyond devolution, towards the future. The book is a collection of papers from a seminar organized by the Marga Institute on ‘Devolution in a Multi-ethnic Society' where the topic was discussed at wide range. The papers give us the history of our institutional structures and the changes it has undergone in its endeavour of becoming a more multi-ethnic society. It is also a detailed analysis on how the powers could be used to look beyond devolution and to broaden societies in Sri Lanka.