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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... third behind Zafy and Ratsiraka , Manandafy was obliged to offer his grudging support to Zafy in the February 1993 runoffs . In the legislative elec- tions of June 1993 the MFM had to settle for 14 seats ( out of 138 ) , and its leader ...
... third behind Zafy and Ratsiraka , Manandafy was obliged to offer his grudging support to Zafy in the February 1993 runoffs . In the legislative elec- tions of June 1993 the MFM had to settle for 14 seats ( out of 138 ) , and its leader ...
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... THIRD REPUBLIC As research for this profile concludes , Madagascar's political class struggles for control of the great island's third republic . Albert Zafy has suc- ceeded Didier Ratsiraka as president , a legislature of 138 deputies ...
... THIRD REPUBLIC As research for this profile concludes , Madagascar's political class struggles for control of the great island's third republic . Albert Zafy has suc- ceeded Didier Ratsiraka as president , a legislature of 138 deputies ...
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... third of Madagascar's $ 1.5 billion bilateral debt . The United States followed suit on a smaller , more selective , scale tied to performance in structural reforms . Because of the Ratsiraka regime's broadscale borrowing campaigns ...
... third of Madagascar's $ 1.5 billion bilateral debt . The United States followed suit on a smaller , more selective , scale tied to performance in structural reforms . Because of the Ratsiraka regime's broadscale borrowing campaigns ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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