Food, development, and politics in the Middle East
In: Routledge library editions. Politics of the Middle East volume 11
In: Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the Middle East Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1. The Region: Its Food Potential and Constraints -- The Food Deficit -- The National Picture -- Food and Assistance Systems -- Notes -- 2. The Agricultural Sector in Development Policy -- A Sectoral Profile -- The Political Context -- National Investment Strategies -- Notes -- 3. Agrarian Development Goals and Strategies, and Class Inequalities -- The Structure of Classes -- Distributive Strategies -- Reformative Strategies -- Institutional Strategies - Cooperative Schemes -- Institutional Strategies - Collectives -- Basic Needs and Class Interests -- Notes -- 4. Bureaucratic Values, Structures, and Decisions -- The Patrimonial System -- Policy Implementation: Center and Periphery -- Reform and Administrative Decentralization -- Bureaucratic Decision Styles -- Notes -- 5. Food Aid, Trade, and Development Assistance -- U.S. Food Aid and Trade -- U.S. Food Aid and Foreign Policy -- Assistance Programs and Trade: Europe and the Communist States -- Multilateral Development and Financial Assistance -- Intraregional Economic Assistance -- Assistance and Domestic Policies -- The Food-Oil Link -- Notes -- 6. Food and Political Stability -- Food and Urban Violence -- Rural Discontent -- Conflict and Production -- Islamic Resurgence and Agrarian Policy -- Prospects for the 1980s -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.