Madagascar: Conflicts Of Authority In The Great IslandThe world's fourth largest island, with a unique biological and physical endowment, Madagascar is home to an extraordinary insular civilization that has struggled for more than a century against external domination. In this sensitive introduction to the Indian Ocean's "great island," Philip Allen shows how family affinities and community loyalties at the foundation of Madagascar's culture have influenced Malagasy nationalism and forged island-wide traditions. |
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Page 84
... FNDR and the CSR but never had a minister appointed to a Ratsiraka cabinet . Finally declaring the bankruptcy of the regime , Manandafy ran against Ratsiraka in the 1989 elections , obtaining over 19 percent of the official tally and ...
... FNDR and the CSR but never had a minister appointed to a Ratsiraka cabinet . Finally declaring the bankruptcy of the regime , Manandafy ran against Ratsiraka in the 1989 elections , obtaining over 19 percent of the official tally and ...
Page 86
... FNDR . Their several candidates had managed in March of that year to reduce Ratsiraka's official reelection majority to 62.24 percent . This comparatively weak endorsement suggested to many that had those elections been conducted ...
... FNDR . Their several candidates had managed in March of that year to reduce Ratsiraka's official reelection majority to 62.24 percent . This comparatively weak endorsement suggested to many that had those elections been conducted ...
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... FNDR ultimately could not encompass Malagasy pluralism ; interests contra- dictory to Ratsiraka's charter were formally ruled out , and aspirants to office had to hold membership in one or another of the endorsed " progressive " parties ...
... FNDR ultimately could not encompass Malagasy pluralism ; interests contra- dictory to Ratsiraka's charter were formally ruled out , and aspirants to office had to hold membership in one or another of the endorsed " progressive " parties ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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