Les luttes sociales à Tananarive en 1972

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ID3665210
AuthorsGerard Althabe (corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume20
Issue80
Pages407-447
Publication date1980-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/cea.1980.2327
OpenAlexW1991345788
LanguageFR
Citations received10

G. Althabe - Social Struggle in Antananarivo, 1972. An attempt at reconstructing and understanding the chain of events which, in April-October 1972, brought over the fall of the neo-colonial regime installed in 1957-1960, and resulted in the assumption of power by nationalist-in some cases populist-military ofncers. The starting point was a strike of the pupils in second-ary schools where the urban petty bourgeoisie built up opposition to the regime. This crisis led to a week-long insurrection (13-20 May 1972) with the Antananarivo crowd fighting the political police and gaining control of the street. Tsiranana's downfall was followed by a situation of double power: on the one hand the military who were able to rally together on a nationalistic position the Churches, trade unions and political parties; on the other hand, a radical fraction of the people's movement which, while it succeeded in setting up original power structures, failed in its attempt to question internai exploitation. A term was put to this confrontation by the 8 October referendum which consecrated the constitution of the new regime

Bourgeoisie · Constitution · Economic history · Nationalism · Opposition (politics) · Petite bourgeoisie · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Referendum · Sociology · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · French Urban and Social Studies · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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