Jordan

Living in the Crossfire

Alan George (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2005
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84277-471-7 (ISBN)

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Examines the important role that Jordan plays in the politics of the wider Middle East

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'?

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)

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Vital Statistics
Part 1: Jordam

1. 'Fulfilling our Promises': The Creation of Jordan
2. 'Neither Democrat nor Demagogue': Jordan under King Hussain
3. 'Bread before Freedom': Jordan under King Abdullah II

Part II: Jordanians

4. Abdullah bin Al-Hussain: King
5. Barjas al-Hadid: Tribal Shaikh
6. Rajai Khoury: Businessman
7. 'Abd al-Fatah al-Bustani: Dentist
8. Abu Muhammad: Taxi driver
9. Awad ash-Shubaiki: Farmer
10. Anisa Salim: Palestinian refugee

Part III: Institutions

11. The 'Stratified Elite' : The Royal Family and Royal Court
12. 'Strengthening the Moderate Majority': Parliament and Parties
13. 'The Basis of Governance': The Legal System
14. The Sky's the Limit: The Media
15. 'Investing in a Mobile Resource': Higher Education
16. Visions and Realities: The Future

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Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.2005
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-84277-471-9 / 1842774719
ISBN-13	978-1-84277-471-7 / 9781842774717
Zustand	Neuware