Madagascar: A New Democracy?

Authors :: Richard R. Marcus
Paul Razafindrakoto
Source :: Current History. 102:215-221
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: University of California Press, 2003.
Abstract: Despite the volatile politics of 2002 … Madagascar did not undergo a radical change of government. At no point was an attempt made to fundamentally change the nature of the system or to uproot the ancien régime. Only a courageous individual could break with this long history and turn power over to democratic institutions. Whether Madagascar's new president has this will remains a question.