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Jordan and the Arab uprisings : regime survival and politics beyond the state / Curtis R. Ryan.
LIBRA JQ1833.A58 R93 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Curtis R., author.
- Series:
- Columbia studies in Middle East politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jordan--Politics and government--1999-.
- Jordan.
- Politics and government.
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 282 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Drawing upon years of fieldwork and unique access to major political figures in Jordan, Curtis Ryan unravels the unusual case of Jordan during the Arab Spring, where the country managed to avoid political upheaval amidst both regional and internal unrest.
- Contents:
- Continuity and change amidst the Arab uprisings
- The Arab Spring in Jordan
- Political parties and the "traditional" opposition
- The Hirak and changes in political activism
- Identity politics, real and imagined
- Struggles over elections and electoral systems
- Rebooting reform
- War, refugees, and regional insecurity
- Jordanian politics beyond the Arab uprisings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-269) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780231186278
- 0231186274
- 9780231186261
- 0231186266
- OCLC:
- 1013477311
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