Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East: Land Reform, Demographic Change, and Environmental Constraints

by Kurt Engelmann, Vjeran Pavlakovic (Editor)

Overview

Nine essays, stressing the centrality of agriculture to development processes, explore contextual issues that influence rural development in Russia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. After an introductory overview to the countries of the region, authors from the fields of geography and political science discuss such topics as the role of the smallholder in Turkish agriculture, Russian agrarian reform from 1992 to 1998, the management of transnational waters of the Aral Sea basin, agricultural development and environmental constraints in Northwest Africa, and the conflicts between models of agricultural development and sustainable agriculture in the Middle East.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780295980478
Publisher:	University of Washington Press and Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Publication date:	11/01/2000
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
1	Change in Russian Agrarian Reform, 1992-1998: The Case of Kostroma Oblast	3
2	Continuity in Rural Russia	45
3	Rural Population Change in Russia, 1959-1998	62
4	Land Reform and Farm Reorganization in the Kyrgyz Republic: A Legal Perspective	87
5	Agricultural Sector Reform and Rural Development in Uzbekistan	117
6	Managing Transnational Waters of the Aral Sea Basin: A Geographical Perspective	140
7	Agricultural Development and Environmental Constraints in Northwest Africa	185
8	Agricultural Development or Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of the Middle East	210
9	The Smallholder in Turkish Agriculture: Obstacle or Opportunity?	239
	Contributors	279
	Index	281