Anthropology And Development In North Africa And The Middle East (monographs In Development Anthropology)

This book documents the function of social science analyses in the identification and evaluation of development programs in the Middle Eastern and North African countries. It demonstrates that anthropology and social sciences have a good deal to contribute to the understanding of domestic economies. Introduction / Muneera Salem-murdock, Michael M. Horowitz, And Monica Sella -- Brokering Social Science In Development : Experiences In Morocco / Alice L. Morton -- Slash-and-burn Cultivation, Charcoal Making, And Emigration From The Highlands Of Northwest Morocco / Henry Munson, Jr. -- Farm Size And Agricultural Credit In Morocco : Correcting Distorted Information In The Development Process / John Aron Grayzel -- Water-user Associations In Rural Central Tunisia / Nicholas S. Hopkins -- Household Production Organization And Differential Access To Resources In Central Tunisia / Muneera Salem-murdock -- Development In Hammam Sousse, Tunisia : Change, Continuity, And Challenge / Frederick C. Huxley -- An Anthropologist's Contribution To Libya's National Human Settlement Plan / John P. Mason -- Developing Egypt's Western Desert Oases : Anthropology And Regional Planning / Douglas Gritzinger -- Agricultural Development And Food Production On A Sudanese Irrigation Scheme / Victoria Bernal -- Advocacy In A Bedouin Resettlement Project In The Negev, Israel / Emanuel Marx -- Rural Development And Migration In Northeast Syria / Günter Meyer -- Doing Development Anthropology : Personal Experience In Yemen Arab Republic / Charles F. Swagman -- Land Use And Agricultural Development In The Yemen Arab Republic / Daniel Martin Varisco -- The World Bank And The Çorum-Çankırı Rural Development Project In Turkey / Zülküf Aydin -- Tradition And Change Among Pastoral Harasiis In Oman / Dawn Chatty. Edited By Muneera Salem-murdock And Michael M. Horowitz, With Monica Sella. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The fourth in the Institute for Development Anthropology's monograph series, this book provides social science analysis of recent rural development in South-West Asia and North Africa and covers many relevant topics.