In the first detailed analysis of the program by a Western scholar, Thomas Bernstein presents carefully documented information on the mobilization of youths in the cities, the problems they have encountered in adapting to life among the peasants, the contribution they have actually made to rural development, and the policy disputes that have arisen over the program. -- from Goodreads.

Introduction --Goals and politics of the transfer program -- Mobilizing urban youth to go to the countryside -- Adapting to rural life: problems and remedies -- Recruitment of urban youths and contributions to rural development -- The stability of the settlement -- A model for the third world?