Jordan

Living in the Crossfire

AvAlan George

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Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Jordan has played a bigger role in Middle Eastern affairs than its size and economy might warrant, due to its huge Palestinian population, its strategic location between Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Iraq, and its uniquely close relationship with successive British and US administrations. Drawing on numerous visits to the country and interviews with a diversity of people from King Abdullah down, Alan George describes how its reasonably stable monarchical system, unlike that in most Arab countries, has allowed the halting development of civil society and maintained control through the skilful co-option of opponents rather than heavy-handed reliance on its secret police. What is daily life like? How do its parliamentary system and political parties work? How free are the media? What are the future prospects of this buffer 'state without a nation'?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-07-18
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781848137158
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Mer om författaren

Alan George gained his PhD, on Syria, at Durham in 1978. Since 1984 he has worked as a freelance journalist and researcher, contributing to a wide range of UK and international publications including the Observer, the Independent and the Guardian, and commentating on Middle Eastern affairs for radio and television. He is a former assistant director of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU), of whose Executive Committee he has been a member for many years. He has visited Syria repeatedly since 1967.He is the author of Syria: Neither Bread nor Freedom (Zed 2003)

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Beautifully written, lively and engaging, this book will give both old hands and first-time visitors a very 3-dimensional analysis of Jordan and where it stands five years after King Hussain's passing.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChronologyVital StatisticsPart 1: Jordam1. 'Fulfilling our Promises': The Creation of Jordan2. 'Neither Democrat nor Demagogue': Jordan under King Hussain3. 'Bread before Freedom': Jordan under King Abdullah IIPart II: Jordanians4. Abdullah bin Al-Hussain: King5. Barjas al-Hadid: Tribal Shaikh6. Rajai Khoury: Businessman7. 'Abd al-Fatah al-Bustani: Dentist8. Abu Muhammad: Taxi driver9. Awad ash-Shubaiki: Farmer10. Anisa Salim: Palestinian refugeePart III: Institutions11. The 'Stratified Elite' : The Royal Family and Royal Court12. 'Strengthening the Moderate Majority': Parliament and Parties13. 'The Basis of Governance': The Legal System14. The Sky's the Limit: The Media15. 'Investing in a Mobile Resource': Higher Education16. Visions and Realities: The FutureSelect BibliographyIndex