Puzzle and Paradox

A Political Economy of Madagascar

Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud, Jean-Michel Wachsberger (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

302 Seiten

2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48833-4 (ISBN)

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Puzzle and Paradox analyses the economic and political history of Madagascar from independence to the early twenty-first century. Firmly grounded in economic and socio analysis, the study proposes an interpretive framework for Madagascar's long-term trajectory by tracing the defining elements that have structured the country's political economy.

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.

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). François Roubaud is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (IRD). He is the co-editor of many books, including Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development: Critical Perspectives (2020), Madagascar d'une crise l'autre: ruptures et continuité (2018), and The New International Poverty Reduction Strategies (2003). Jean-Michel Wachsberger is a Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Lille. He is the co-editor of many books, including Madagascar d'une crise l'autre: ruptures et continuité (2018) and L'intégration sociale hiérarchisée: L'exemple d'une métropole en développement (2014).

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.02.2020
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-108-48833-1 / 1108488331
ISBN-13	978-1-108-48833-4 / 9781108488334
Zustand	Neuware