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Counter-revolution in Egypt's countryside

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Product Description Agriculture is the center of Egypt's economy, society , and politics. This volume on Egyptian agriculture and rural society combines new local research with national rural policy analysis. Authored by a team of Egyptian and Western scholars, it examines the agribusiness strategy of the Egyptian Government and its goal of agricultural export-led growth, debates, policies, and conflicts over access to water, and the long history of conflict in Egypt's agricultural sector. Review "There is much to be learned from this unique collection of studies on the impact the reversal of the Nasserite land reform on Egyptian agriculture and rural social relations in the 1990s." --Roger Owen, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard About the Author Dr. Ray Bush works at the Institute for Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds and is formerly Visiting Professor at the Social Research Center, Cairo.