Struggle for the State in Jordan

Jamie Allinson is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from The University of Edinburgh.

'This book provides unique insight, informed by theories of uneven and combined development, into state formation and foreign policy in the Arab world and specifically the case of Jordan. It is a model of how a case study can elucidate the power of theory and theory can enable a rich empirical understanding.' - Professor Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St Andrews, 'Jamie Allinson's The Struggle for the State in Jordan marks an important intervention both in critical International Relations theory and Middle East studies. Blending a theoretically sophisticated reconstruction of the concept of uneven and combined development with empirically rich history of colonial and post-colonial Jordan, Allinson provides a new take on Middle East state formation and geo-politics that moves decisively beyond current debates?.' - Dr Kamran Matin, Lecturer, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex

• Chapter 1: Fragile Enmities: The International Relations of the Global South ReconsideredChapter 2: ‘The Modern Age in Arms’: States, Social Relations, and Uneven and Combined Development Chapter 3: Beneath the Whip of External Necessity: Transformations in Late Ottoman TransjordanChapter 4: The Fiery Gallantry of the Desert? Land and the Social Origins of the Jordanian MilitaryChapter 5: Murder and Pamphlets: Jordan and the Baghdad PactChapter 6: Two Stormy Currents: Jordan between Nationalism and ColonialismChapter 7: Conclusion