Ryan Jordan and the Arab Uprisings

Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54656-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics

Curtis R. Ryan explains how Jordan weathered the turmoil of the Arab uprisings. Crossing divides between state and society, government and opposition, and struggles over elections, reform, and identity. Jordan and the Arab Uprisings is a definitive analysis of Jordanian politics before, during, and beyond the Arab Spring.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ryan, Curtis R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Continuity and Change Amid the Arab Uprisings
2. The Arab Spring Protests in Jordan
3. Political Parties and the “Traditional” Opposition
4. The Hirak and Changes in Political Activism
5. Identity Politics, Real and Imagined
6. Struggles Over Elections and Electoral Systems
7. Rebooting Reform
8. War, Refugees, and Regional Insecurity
9. Jordanian Politics Beyond the Arab Uprisings
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Curtis R. Ryan is professor of political science at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. He is the author of Jordan in Transition: From Hussein to Abdullah (2002) and Inter-Arab Alliances: Regime Security and Jordanian Foreign Policy (2009).