Mireille Razafindrakoto

Puzzle and Paradox (eBook, ePUB)

A Political Economy of Madagascar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Madagascar's long-term trajectory is unique: not only has GDP per capita been trending downward since 1960 (the puzzle), but every time the country has set out on the path of growth, it has been stopped in its tracks by a socio-political crisis that has shattered the hopes it raised (the paradox). No satisfactory explanation of this failure has been provided so far. This book elaborates a model of intelligibility of Madagascar's downfall, based on an integrated political economy approach as well as mobilizing the most recent development theories. Combining a review of historical literature with original and sometimes unique statistical surveys, it proposes a general interpretative framework for the workings of Malagasy society. Richly documented and accessible, Puzzle and Paradox allows readers to understand Madagascar's sociopolitical history while more broadly offering an opportunity to grasp the different dimensions of development in the Global South.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108807890
• Artikelnr.: 62746206

Autorenporträt

Mireille Razafindrakoto is Senior Researcher at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (IRD). She is the co-editor of many books, including Madagascar d'une crise l'autre: ruptures et continuité (2018), The Informal Economy in Developing Countries (2014) and The New International Poverty Reduction Strategies (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
General introduction
1. The Malagasy mystery through the lens of economic growth and development theories
2. Milestones for a political economy of Madagascar's trajectory
3. Structural assets
4. Obstacles
5. Elites in Madagascar: a sociography
General conclusion
Timeline
Glossary of Malagasy terms
References
Index.