The Jordanian Experience with Political Liberalization
Author | : Carmen Jaber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Democratization |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Carmen Jaber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Democratization |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rex Brynen |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781555875794 |
The Arab world is experiencing a variety of factors - internal and external - that are leading to change. This work examines such factors that are shaping political liberalisation and democratisation in the Arab context, as well as the role played by particular social groups.
Author | : Janine A. Clark |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2018-04-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0231545010 |
In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentralization is presented as a panacea that will foster good governance and civil society, helping citizens procure basic services and fight corruption. Two of these states, Jordan and Morocco, are monarchies with elected parliaments and recent experiences of liberalization. Morocco began devolving certain responsibilities to municipal councils decades ago, while Jordan has consistently followed a path of greater centralization. Their experiences test such assumptions about the benefits of localism. Janine A. Clark examines why Morocco decentralized while Jordan did not and evaluates the impact of their divergent paths, ultimately explaining how authoritarian regimes can use decentralization reforms to consolidate power. Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco argues that decentralization is a tactic authoritarian regimes employ based on their coalition strategies to expand their base of support and strengthen patron-client ties. Clark analyzes the opportunities that decentralization presents to local actors to pursue their interests and lays out how municipal-level figures find ways to use reforms to their advantage. In Morocco, decentralization has resulted not in greater political inclusivity or improved services, but rather in the entrenchment of pro-regime elites in power. The main Islamist political party has also taken advantage of these reforms. In Jordan, decentralization would undermine the networks that benefit elites and their supporters. Based on extensive fieldwork, Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco is an important contribution to Middle East studies and political science that challenges our understanding of authoritarian regimes’ survival strategies and resilience.
Author | : Laurie A. Brand |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Human rights |
ISBN | : 023111267X |
Brand focuses on three countries--Jordan, Tunisia, and Morocco--with special attention to issues such as access to contraception and abortion, labor, pension, criminal legislation, protection against harassment and violence, and the degree of women's participation in government.
Author | : Katherine Blue Carroll |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780739105054 |
Katherine Blue Carroll explores the dynamic link between Jordan's business community and the state between 1983 and 2000.
Author | : Russell E. Lucas |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2006-06-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780791464465 |
Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.
Author | : Rex Brynen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 9781685859152 |
Examines the processes of and prospects for political reform in ten representative Arab countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
Author | : Curtis R. Ryan |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781588261038 |
Jordan has long been regarded as a pivotal country in the Middle East, one whose policy choices carry strong implications for regional stability. Jordan in Transition offers a cogent and compelling analysis of the country's domestic and international politics. Ryan argues that there have been four dramatic transitions in Jordan's recent past: ambitious economic restructuring; efforts toward political liberalization; realignments in foreign relations (culminating in the 1994 peace agreement with Israel); and the succession of King Abdullah II. Exploring these transitions, and how each in turn affects the others, he provides a major contribution to our understanding of Jordan.
Author | : Dalia Dassa Kaye |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2008-09-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0833046454 |
A key tenet of U.S. foreign policy has been that promoting democracy reduces terrorism; however, scant empirical evidence links democracy to terrorism, positively or negatively. This study explores the relationship between the two by examining the effects of liberalization processes on political violence in six Arab cases.