Two contrasting Malagasy representations of democracy: the period of legalist means of resistance based on colonial French laws (1925-1945). The myth of democracy already at work in rural communities during the precolonial times (1950-1972)

Raison-Jourde, Francoise1994-07-131994-07-131994-07-13http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8048Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Democracy, Popular Precedents, Practice and Culture, 13-15 July, 1994Two contrasting Malagasy representations of democracy: the period of legalist means of resistance based on colonial French laws (1925-1945). The myth of democracy already at work in rural communities during the precolonial times (1950-1972)Working Paper