Town and Country in the Middle East

Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization, 1800D1970

Mohammad A. Chaichian (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2008
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2677-6 (ISBN)

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A systematic sociological study of town and country in the Middle East has long been overdue. In this book, Chaichian examines the process of dependent urbanization in Iran and Egypt related to each country's unique colonial history and dependence on a constantly changing global economy since the early nineteenth century. Using historical data, he argues that development of dependent economies has led to displacement of rural population and their migration to major urban centers such as Tehran in Iran, and Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. However, divergent colonial interests such as extraction and production of oil in Iran and cultivation of cotton in Egypt for the world markets have created different patterns of rural-urban migration, urban hierarchies and employment structures particularly within the urban informal economy sector (petty commodity production). The findings of this study also indicate that by the mid-1970s Iran and Egypt were fully incorporated into the global economy, but in various degrees have since resisted the systemic demands of the new phase of globalization that requires open and fluid borders for utilization of labor, capital investment, and transfer of information. The 1979 revolution in Iran and persistent instability in Egypt, particularly in urban areas, are cited as signs of this resistance to the new phase of globalization.

Mohammad A. Chaichian is a professor in the department of sociology at Mount Mercy College.

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part One: Comparing Iran and Egypt: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Urban Policial Economy and the Search for a Theory of Dependent Urbanization
Chapter 5 Chapter 2. Iran and Egypt: Comparing the Incomparable?
Part 6 Part Two: Dependent Urbanization in Iran
Chapter 7 Chapter 3. Town and Country in Pre-capitalist Iran, 1800–80s
Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Development of Commercial Capitalism and Dependent Urbanization in Iran, 1880s–1953
Chapter 9 Chapter 5. Dependent Urbanization in Iran: From the Mossadeq Era to the 1979 Revolution
Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Uneven Urban Development and Hyper-Urbanization in Iran: The Case of Tehran
Part 11 Part Three: Dependent Urbanization in Egypt
Chapter 12 Chapter 7. Urbanization in Pre-capitalist Egypt, 1798–1882
Chapter 13 Chapter 8. British Colonialism and Dependent Urbanization in Egypt, 1882–1952
Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Dependent Urbanization in Post-Revolution Egypt, 1952–1970
Chapter 15 Chapter 10. Uneven Urban Development in Egypt: The Case of Cairo
Part 16 Part Four: Divergent Paths of Dependent Urbanization in Iran and Egypt
Chapter 17 Chapter 11. Dependent Urbanization and Development in Iran and Egypt: A Comparative Analysis
Chapter 18 Epilogue: Globalization, the "New World Order," and Prospects for Iran and Egypt in the Region

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2008
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 240 mm
Gewicht	497 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	0-7391-2677-6 / 0739126776
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2677-6 / 9780739126776
Zustand	Neuware