Democratic Transition in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique
DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, AND MOZAMBIQUE THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of Texas State University-San Marcos in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of ARTS by Hans M. Rakotomanga, M.A. San Marcos, Texas December, 2011 DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, AND MOZAMBIQUE Committee Members Approved: __________________________ Dr. Robert Gorman, Chair __________________________ Dr. Edward Mihalkanin __________________________ Dr. Augustine Agwuele Approved: ___________________________ J. Michael Willoughby Dean of the Graduate College COPYRIGHT By Hans Rakotomanga 2011 FAIR USE AND AUTHOR’S PERMISSION STATEMENT Fair Use This work is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, section 107). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of this material for financial gain without the author‟s express written permission is not allowed. Duplication Permission As the copyright holder of this work I, Hans Rakotomanga, authorize duplication of this work, in whole or in part, for educational or scholarly purposes only. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge Mr. Roland Bordelon; the man who had the vision of bringing a Malagasy student to the United States in the quest for higher education. Secondly, I would like to thank my family back in Madagascar along with my new American friends and family in Louisiana and Texas. Their continued support helped me achieve this research. And lastly, this thesis would have not been completed without the help of my research committee members: Dr. Robert Gorman, Dr. Edward Mihalkanin, and Dr.
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