Field of Reeds: Social, Economic and Political Change in Rural Egypt: In Search of Civil Society and Good Governance - Softcover
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Have you ever wondered: 1. Who built the Pyramids of Egypt and who are their descendents today? 2. Why does the author challenge the great Greek historian Herodotus, by auguring that Egypt is more a gift from the Fellahin, than a gift of the Nile? 3. What great event happened in the early 1960s that completely changed the life of the peasants of Egypt? 4. Why did the peasants (fellahin) of Egypt not engage in a massive revolt in the 1990s, when the Government allowed landowners to reclaim their land that the peasants had been cultivating for over 30 years? 5. Do you know the story of the village of Dinshaway that precipitated a national crisis, and that eventually forced Great Britain to leave Egypt after over fifty years of colonial rule? 6. Are the villagers of Egypt prone to violence or to submissiveness and what does that tell us about the future of Egypt? 7. Which farmers in the world have the highest yields in wheat, rice and corn? 8. Are the villagers of Egypt favorable to the Islamic extremist or more favorable to some form of democracy based upon moderate Islam? 9. When the villagers of Egypt were asked where would the like to live if they could live anywhere in the world? 10. Why did a friend email the author on September 12, 2012 and tell him: "Please tell the American people that the Egyptians they see storming the American embassy do not represent the people of Egypt. They are mostly a misguided minority of people who see the world through clouded glasses of hatred and bigotry, provoked and misinformed by extremists who share an agenda that is unIslamic, violent and destructive for Egypt's future" Dr. James Mayfield, professor of Middle East Studies since 1967, has been studying the villages of Egypt (as a student, professor, researcher, trainer, manager and consultant) for over 40 years. This is a very comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, study of the rural Egypt. This book presents chapters on the his
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Dr James B. Mayfield is a retired Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and Middle East Studies, having served as a full professor for over thirty-five years at the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City. Utah. Also he served as the National Chairman of SICA (Section on International and Comparative Administration) in the American Society of Public Administration, Washington DC. Dr. James B. Mayfield has been a senior management consultant working with many private companies, non government organizations, and several international donor organizations: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and UNICIF. He has been the Chairman of the Board of three companies, including Wasatch Opinion Research Corporation (WORC), Dental Management Systems, (DMS), and is presently vice president of Concero Connect, a Grameen Foundation-based social business, structured to bring internet connectivity to the bottom of the human pyramid. He is also one of the two co-founders of CHOICE Humanitarian and presently is a member of its Board of Directors. With nearly forty years experience in Village Development, Dr Mayfield played a key role in defining and developing CHOICE's unique approach to poverty alleviation at the village level, utilizing a Self Developing Village Program based upon a Rural District Networking and Empowerment Strategy. He has conducted research and management training in 18 countries mostly in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. His specialty is in Local Government and Municipality Development, Management Training and Development, implementing Local Economic Development and Rural Development Strategies, and in helping companies and government agencies to improve their governance systems (accountability, transparency, rule of law, and staff/employee participation and empowerment). His work in local go
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