Tòkana

The Collapse of the Rural Malagasy Community

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2727382
AutoresRichard R Marcus (autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen51
Número1
Páginas85-104
Fecha de publicación2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1353/arw.0.0046
OpenAlexW2028733241
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas22

Madagascar is often cited as an example of a country with a long history of local institutional strength and stalwart community participation in the decision-making process. This article explores the crisis of community life in southern Madagascar, particularly the changed nature of community involvement. Associational life is in decline-a result not only of challenging economic conditions, but also of eroded social norms, as the rule-making institutions of the past have been replaced by the loose guidelines of the present. This situation, which has the potential of exacerbating economic problems, is also likely to have grievous political and ecological consequences

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rural area · Rural community · Rural society · Sociology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Socioeconomic Development in Asia