Class, state and agricultural productivity in Egypt : a study of the inverse relationship between farm size and land productivity / / Graham Dyer ; foreword by Terence J. Byres

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787883403321
• Autore: Dyer Graham <1958, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-135-21189-2; 1-315-03643-6; 1-135-21182-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Collana: Library of Peasant Studies ; ; Number 15
• Disciplina: 338.1/6
• Soggetti: Farms, Size of - Egypt; Agricultural productivity - Egypt; Peasants - Egypt; Agriculture and state - Egypt
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1997 by Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; INTRODUCTION The Present study: Nature and Rationale; I The Nature of the Inverse Relationship and its Apparent Policy Implications; Introduction; I.1 Some apparent policy implications; I.2 Conceptual, statistical and methodological problems; I.3 The inverse relationship vindicated and some conjoint relationships; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter I; II Theoretical Approaches to the Inverse Relationship: Qualitative and Quantitative Factor Differences; Introduction; II.1 Management and labour quality hypothesesII.2 Land fertility hypothesis; II.3 Labour intensity and labour market dualism: the Sen model; II.4 A critique of the marginalist approach; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter II; III A Class-Based Approach and the Breakdown of the Inverse Relationship in the Dynamic Context; Introduction; III.1 Beyond the marginalist approach; III.2 The inverse relationship in the context of backward agriculture; III.3 The static nature of the Sen approach and the breakdown of the inverse ; relationship in the dynamic context; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter IIIIV The Evidence for an Inverse Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity in Egypt: A Shadow Debate; Introduction; IV.1 Some evidence for an inverse relationship in Egypt: Shepley, Radwan, Wilson and Mabro; IV.2 Aggregation and land heterogeneity: Crouch et al.; IV.3 The inverse relationship denied in Egypt: Platt and Commander; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter IV; V The Political Economy of the Contemporary Egyptian Countryside; Introduction; V.1 Agrarian reform and the consolidation of the rich peasantry; V.2 The agrarian elite and the co-operative system; V.3 Rich peasants and co-operative creditV.4 Implications with respect to the diffusion of modern technology of rich peasant bias in credit; V.5 The dominance of the rich peasantry and the political sphere; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter V; VI A Disaggregated Analysis of the ILO Data: Technical Change and the Inverse Relationship in Egypt; Introduction; VI.1 The ILO survey and its characteristics; VI.2 Analysis and results: (i) The Radwan regression and its questionable nature - the need for a more disaggregated approach; VI.3 Analysis and results: (ii) A digression on technological change in Egyptian agriculture, uneven development and regional heterogeneityVI.4 Analysis and results: (iii) A disaggregated analysis and evidence of transition; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter VI; VII A Closer Look at the Inverse Relationship in the Context of Agrarian Transition: Evidence from Fieldwork in Rural Egypt; Introduction; VII.1 Fieldwork methodology and problems; VII.2 An inverse relationship village in Giza; VII.3 The roots of the inverse relationship in Shubak; Summary and conclusions; Notes to Chapter VII; VIII A Positive Relationship Village in Qena and the Emerging Comparative Picture in the Context of Egyptian Agrarian Transition
• Sommario/riassunto: The inverse relationship between farm size and productivity is accepted as a ""stylized fact"" of agriculture in developing countries. This study uses Egyptian fieldwork data to examine factors creating this relationship, and the impact of economic and technological change on the relationship.

Getting it right : the essential elements of a dissertation / / Raymond L. Calabrese

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958272803321
• Autore: Calabrese Raymond L. <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012
• ISBN: 979-82-16-23844-7; 1-283-65804-6; 1-61048-921-7
• Edizione: [New ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (109 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CalabreseRaymond L. <1942->
• Disciplina: 808.06/6378
• Soggetti: Dissertations, Academic; Report writing; Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: The elements of an effective dissertation and thesis, c2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Dissertation Title; Dissertation Abstract; Chapter One: Introduction and Rationale; Chapter Two: Review of Literature; Chapter Three: Methods; Chapter Four: Results/Findings; Chapter Five: Interpretation and Recommendations; Appendix; References; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Getting It Right: The Essential Elements of the Dissertation was written for graduate students writing their dissertations. Clearly written and organized into five thematic chapters- introduction and rationale; review of literature; methods; results/findings; and interpretation and recommendations-this key writing source includes comprehensive examples taken directly from high-quality, scholarly dissertations.