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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... late 1980s and 1990s — the paradoxical strategy was to force productive and distributive systems to conform to free laws of the market . Some of the projects promised results - rice - growing schemes in the highlands ; a textile plant ...
... late 1980s and 1990s — the paradoxical strategy was to force productive and distributive systems to conform to free laws of the market . Some of the projects promised results - rice - growing schemes in the highlands ; a textile plant ...
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... late 1981 , Ratsiraka admitted making some errors , but he censured his finance minister , Rakotovao - Razakaboana , for regretting the rapid pace of " socialization " in food production.74 Two separate middle - class clienteles had ...
... late 1981 , Ratsiraka admitted making some errors , but he censured his finance minister , Rakotovao - Razakaboana , for regretting the rapid pace of " socialization " in food production.74 Two separate middle - class clienteles had ...
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... late 1980s ; see Berg , " Liberalization of Rice Marketing in Madagascar " ; Graham Shuttleworth , " Poli- cies in Transition : Lessons from Madagascar , " World Development , v . 17 , no . 3 , March 1989 , pp . 397–408 . 54 ...
... late 1980s ; see Berg , " Liberalization of Rice Marketing in Madagascar " ; Graham Shuttleworth , " Poli- cies in Transition : Lessons from Madagascar , " World Development , v . 17 , no . 3 , March 1989 , pp . 397–408 . 54 ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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