Inside the Third World Village

Name: Inside the Third World Village
ISBN: 9780203420508

doi:10.4324/9780203420508

ABSTRACT

Looking at global restructurings, migration, household organization, changing gender roles and technological innovation, this book examines the effect of rapid globalization in the Third World village.

Inside the Third World Village

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|16 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|29 pages

EGYPT’S RURAL AREAS OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES: FROM TARAHIL TO THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT BUSINESS

chapter 3|17 pages

TRACKING DOWN GLOBAL FLOWS IN THE THIRD WORLD VILLAGE

chapter 4|38 pages

KAFR AL-‘ISHRA: AN AGRARIAN VILLAGE IN THE 1980s

chapter 5|39 pages

KAFR AL-‘ISHRA’S PEASANT HOUSEHOLDS: PRODUCTION SITES OF LABOUR POWER FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

chapter 6|34 pages

MIGRATION AS A STRATEGY OF THE SMALL PEASANT HOUSEHOLD

chapter 7|19 pages

ORGANIZING THE HOUSEHOLD’S SURVIVAL DURING THE MIGRANT’S ABSENCE

chapter 8|30 pages

AFTER THE GULF CRISIS: REVISITING KAFR AL-‘ISHRA