The Struggle for the State in Jordan

The Struggle for the State in Jordan
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9780857728692
ISBN-13 : 0857728695
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Struggle for the State in Jordan by : Jamie Allinson

Why do the states of the Arab world seem so unstable? Why do alliances between them and with outside powers change so suddenly? Jamie Allinson argues that the answer lies in the expansion of global capitalism in the Middle East. Drawing out the unexpected way in which Jordan's Bedouin tribes became allied to the British Empire in the twentieth Century , and the legacy of this for the British Empire in the twentieth century, and the legacy of this for the international politics of the Middle East, he challenges the existing views of the region. Using the example of Jordan, this book traces the social bases of the struggles that produces the country's foreign relations in the latter half of the twentieth century to the reforms carried out under the Ottoman Empire and the processes of Land settlement and state formation experiences under the British Mandate. By examining the attempts of Jordan to create foreign alliances during a time of upheaval and instability in the region, Allinson offers wider conclusions the nature of interaction between state and society in the Middle East

Voices of Jordan

Voices of Jordan
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9781787381704
ISBN-13 : 1787381706
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices of Jordan by : Rana Sweis

Jordan's diverse socioeconomic make-up encapsulates, like no other Middle Eastern state, both the array of pressing short-term problems facing the region, and the underlying challenges that Arab states will need to face once the current spate of civil conflicts is over: meaningful youth employment, female participation in politics, and integration of refugees into society. This book tells the story of Jordan through the lives of ordinary people, including a political cartoonist, a Syrian refugee, a Jihadist and a female parliamentarian. The raw voices and everyday struggles of these people shine a fresh light on the politics, religion, and society of a culture coming to terms with the harsh reality of modernization and urbanization at a time of regional upheaval. With her deep knowledge of Jordan's landscape, language and culture, Rana Sweis sketches an intimate portrait of the intricacies and complexities of life in the Middle East. Rather than focusing on how individuals are affected by events in the region, she reveals a cast of characters shaping their own lives and times. Voices of Jordan shares those stories in all of their rich detail, offering a living, breathing social and political history.

Minorities and State-Building in the Middle East

Minorities and State-Building in the Middle East
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9783030543990
ISBN-13 : 3030543994
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Minorities and State-Building in the Middle East by : Paolo Maggiolini

This book offers fresh insights to enhance and diversify our understanding of the modern history of the state and societies in today’s Jordan, while also providing examples of why and how scholars can challenge the static and discursively government-minded approaches to minorities and minoritisation – especially the traditional emphasis on demographic balances. Despite its small size and initial appearance of homogeneity, Jordan provides an excellent case of a dynamic, relational, historically contingent and fluid approach to ethnic, political and religious minorities in the context of the imposition of a modern state system on complex and varied traditional societies. The editors and contributors present dynamic and relational perspectives on the status of and historical processes involved in the creation and absorption of minority groups within Jordan.

The Modern History of Jordan

The Modern History of Jordan
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Publisher : British Academic Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015029536409
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Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Modern History of Jordan by : Kamal S. Salibi

Few states in the modern world have had a less promising birth than Jordan. Today against all the odds, it has become one of the most prosperous and stable of Middle Eastern countries and a major player in the region's politics. This book attempts to expla

Israel, Jordan, and Palestine

Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
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Publisher : UPNE
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781611680386
ISBN-13 : 1611680387
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Israel, Jordan, and Palestine by : Asher Susser

"A Crown Center for Middle East Studies Book."

Activism in Jordan

Activism in Jordan
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Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages : 117
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ISBN-10 : 9781783605774
ISBN-13 : 1783605774
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Activism in Jordan by : Pénélope Larzillière

In Jordan, between censorship, repression and election rigging, political activism is limited – despite the democratic opening glimpsed in 1989. In this important new book, Pénélope Larzillière charts the path of longstanding activists in Jordan and shows how opposition movements there have shifted from the underground to a heavily controlled public sphere. Activists discuss their motivation and commitment and the consequences their activism has had throughout their lives. Not only do these accounts highlight the general conditions for political activism in a repressive regime, they also unpack the meaning individuals attach to their political journey and chosen ideology, whether communist, nationalist, Islamist or otherwise.

Lion of Jordan

Lion of Jordan
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9780307270511
ISBN-13 : 0307270513
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Lion of Jordan by : Avi Shlaim

The first major account of the life of an extraordinary soldier and statesman, King Hussein of Jordan. Throughout his long reign (1953—1999), Hussein remained a dominant figure in Middle Eastern politics and a consistent proponent of peace with Israel. For over forty years he walked a tightrope between Palestinians and Arab radicals on the one hand and Israel on the other. Avi Shlaim reveals that Hussein initiated a secret dialogue with Israel in 1963 and spent hundreds of hours in talks with countless Israeli officials. Shlaim expertly reconstructs this dialogue from previously untapped records and first-hand accounts, significantly rewriting the history of the Middle East over the past fifty years and shedding light on the far-reaching impact of Hussein’s leadership.

World Report 2022

World Report 2022
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781644211212
ISBN-13 : 1644211211
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis World Report 2022 by : Human Rights Watch

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Jordan and the Arab Uprisings

Jordan and the Arab Uprisings
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780231546560
ISBN-13 : 0231546564
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Jordan and the Arab Uprisings by : Curtis R. Ryan

In 2011, as the Arab uprisings spread across the Middle East, Jordan remained more stable than any of its neighbors. Despite strife at its borders and an influx of refugees connected to the Syrian civil war and the rise of ISIS, as well as its own version of the Arab Spring with protests and popular mobilization demanding change, Jordan managed to avoid political upheaval. How did the regime survive in the face of the pressures unleashed by the Arab uprisings? What does its resilience tell us about the prospects for reform or revolutionary change? In Jordan and the Arab Uprisings, Curtis R. Ryan explains how Jordan weathered the turmoil of the Arab Spring. Crossing divides between state and society, government and opposition, Ryan analyzes key features of Jordanian politics, including Islamist and leftist opposition parties, youth movements, and other forms of activism, as well as struggles over elections, reform, and identity. He details regime survival strategies, laying out how the monarchy has held out the possibility of reform while also seeking to coopt and contain its opponents. Ryan demonstrates how domestic politics were affected by both regional unrest and international support for the regime, and how regime survival and security concerns trumped hopes for greater change. While the Arab Spring may be over, Ryan shows that political activism in Jordan is not, and that struggles for reform and change will continue. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews with a vast range of people, from grassroots activists to King Abdullah II, Jordan and the Arab Uprisings is a definitive analysis of Jordanian politics before, during, and beyond the Arab uprisings.

Gendered Paradoxes

Gendered Paradoxes
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9780226006901
ISBN-13 : 0226006905
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Gendered Paradoxes by : Fida J. Adely

In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. The resulting demographic picture there—highly educated women who still largely stay at home as mothers and caregivers— prompted the World Bank to label Jordan a “gender paradox.” In Gendered Paradoxes, Fida J. Adely shows that assessment to be a fallacy, taking readers into the rarely seen halls of a Jordanian public school—the al-Khatwa High School for Girls—and revealing the dynamic lives of its students, for whom such trends are far from paradoxical. Through the lives of these students, Adely explores the critical issues young people in Jordan grapple with today: nationalism and national identity, faith and the requisites of pious living, appropriate and respectable gender roles, and progress. In the process she shows the important place of education in Jordan, one less tied to the economic ends of labor and employment that are so emphasized by the rest of the developed world. In showcasing alternative values and the highly capable young women who hold them, Adely raises fundamental questions about what constitutes development, progress, and empowerment—not just for Jordanians, but for the whole world.