Full Description
This collection of studies on the politics of agricultural development in key countries and regions of Asia and Africa focuses on the political forces that have shaped the development of new agricultural patterns and have modernized rural areas. The studies substantiate the assertion that political rather than technical factors hold the key to improved agriculture and economic development, and emphasize the need for steady and significant increases in food production in the developing countries themselves.
Contents
Preface -- The Politics of Agricultural Modernization -- The United States: A Unique Development Model -- Agricultural Modernization in England, France, and Denmark -- The State and Collective Farming in the Soviet Union and China -- The Political Economy of Taiwanese Agricultural Development -- Politics and Agrarian Change in South Korea: Rural Modernization by "Induced" Mobilization -- Food in Iran: The Politics of Insufficiency -- The Political Economy of Farm Mechanization Policy: Tractors in Pakistan -- The Commercialization of Agriculture and the Rise of Rural Political Protest in Black Africa -- The Politics of Food Scarcities in Developing Countries
