Directions of change in rural Egypt / edited by Nicholas S. Hopkins, Kirsten Westergaard ; contributors, Mohamed Hassan Abdel Aal [and twenty-one others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Nicholas S.

Contributor:

Hopkins, Nicholas S., editor.

Westergaard, Kirsten, editor.

Abdel Aal, Mohamed Hassan, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Egypt.

Rural development.

Egypt--Rural conditions.

Egypt.

Egypt--Economic conditions--1952-1970.

Egypt--Social conditions--1952-1970.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (646 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume based on recent fieldwork by distinguished specialists includes information on the changing economic situation in the countryside, particularly after the 'owners and tenants' law of 1992. Along with the effects of structural adjustment on agriculture, marketing, and rural life, several chapters address the declining trend of rural Egyptians to emigrate. Other chapters examine changes in consumption patterns and health, various rural social processes and the 'new lands' being reclaimed in Egypt's desert areas, representations of the rural population in the media and in statistics, a

Contents:

Cover; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Weights and Measures; Abbreviations; Introduction: Directions of Change in Rural Egypt Nicholas Hopkins and Kirsten Westergaard; I. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RURAL EGYPT; 1. The Market's Place Timothy Mitchell; 2. The Evolution of Agrarian Structures in Egypt: Regional Patterns of Change in Farm Size Francois Ireton; 3. Beating Plowshares into Swords: The Relocation of Rural Egyptian Workers and their Discontent James Toth

4. Facing Structural Adjustment: Strategies of Peasants, the State, and the International Financial Institutions Ray BushII. CULTURAL REPRESENTATION: IDENTITY; 5. Hegemony in the Periphery: Community and Exclusion in an Upper Egyptian Village Reem Saad; 6. The Northwest Coast: A Part of Rural Egypt? Soraya Altorki and Donald P. Cole; III. CULTURAL REPRESENTATION: CONSUMPTION; 7. Television and the Virtues of Education: Upper Egyptian Encounters with State Culture Lila Abu-Lughod; 8. Conflict or Cooperation: Changing Gender Roles in Rural Egyptian Households Kamran Asdar Ali

9. The Vision of a Better Life: New Patterns of Consumption and Changed Social Relations Kirsten Haugaard BachIV. HEALTH; 10. Being Sickly or Eating Well: The Conceptualization of Health and Ill-Health in an Upper Egyptian Village Hania Sholkamy; 11. Health Units in Rural Egypt: At the Forefront of Health Improvement or Anachronisms? Sohair Mehanna and Peter Winch; V. VILLAGE HISTORIES; 12. Change and Continuity in the Village of Batra: Family Strategies Malak S. Rouchdy; 13. Spaces of Poverty: The Geography of Social Change in Rural Egypt Detlef Miiller-Mahn

VI. DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF THE MARKET AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS14. Farmers and Cooperatives in the Era of Structural Adjustment Mohamed H. Abdel Aal; 15. Rural Periodic Markets in Egypt Mohamed M. Mohieddin; 16. Agro-Pastoralism and Development in Egypt's Northwest Coast Donald P. Cole and Soraya Altorki; 17. Economic Changes in the Newly Reclaimed Lands: From State Farms to Small Holdings and Private Agricultural Enterprises Giinter Meyer; VII. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: SOCIETY AND POLITICS

18. Men of Authority-Documents of Authority: Notes on Customary Law in Upper Egypt Hans-Christian Korsholm Nielsen19. Culture and Mediation of Power in an Egyptian Village Ahmed Zayed; Contributors; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

9781417523016

1417523018

9781617972539

1617972533

9781617974977

1617974978

OCLC:

880826182