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. These same principles have nonetheless engendered social cleavages and resistance to economic and political change. In chapters on modern Madagascar, Allen analyzes the inability of a series of regimes to maintain authority among a people deeply bound to rituals of communication with their spiritual environment. He demonstrates how the first Malagasy Republic became stigmatized by its lingering identification with French colonialism and how the nationalist revolution in 1972 soon hardened into autocratic radicalism. Allen explores the complex challenges facing Madagascar's resurgent democratic forces - including a need to conserve the island's irreplaceable biodiversity and to facilitate authentic participation in public affairs, without offending ancestral customs and local precedents. Finally, he discusses efforts to end Madagascar's economic and political dependence and to improve living conditions for its tragically impoverished population. |
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In the legislative elections of June 1993 the MFM had to settle for 14 seats ( out of
138 ) , and its leader subsequently finished third in the contest for prime minister .
The winner of that contest , Francisque Ravony , had by then already quit the ...
In the legislative elections of June 1993 the MFM had to settle for 14 seats ( out of
138 ) , and its leader subsequently finished third in the contest for prime minister .
The winner of that contest , Francisque Ravony , had by then already quit the ...
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ANTICIPATING THE 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 succeeded Didier Ratsiraka as president , a legislature
of ...
ANTICIPATING THE 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 succeeded Didier Ratsiraka as president , a legislature
of ...
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28 In 1989 , France wrote off one - 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 ...
28 In 1989 , France wrote off one - 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 ...
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Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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