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Tòkana: The Collapse of the Rural Malagasy Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

Richard R. Marcus
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Abstract:

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of challenging economic conditions, but also of eroded social norms, as the rule-making institutions of the past have been replaced by the loose guidelines of the present.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.

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African Studies Review , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , April 2008 , pp. 85 - 104
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2008

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