Directions of Change in Rural Egypt - Hardcover

 
9789774244834: Directions of Change in Rural Egypt
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9774244834 ISBN 13: 9789774244834
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press, 1999

Synopsis

This compilation of fieldwork 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, and their own changing self-image. What emerges is a picture of a rural Egypt that is dramatically evolving and treading a delicate line between progress and impoverishment.

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Synopsis

This compilation of fieldwork 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, and their own changing self-image. What emerges is a picture of a rural Egypt that is dramatically evolving and treading a delicate line between progress and impoverishment.

About the Author

Nicholas S. Hopkins is professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo. Kirsten Westergaard is Research Director at the Centre for Development Research in Denmark.

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Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9774244834
ISBN 13 
9789774244834
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352
Editor
Hopkins Nicholas S., Westergaard Kirsten

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