Protesting Jordan

Author : Jillian Schwedler
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781503631595

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Protesting Jordan by Jillian Schwedler Pdf

A National Endowment for Democracy Notable Book of 2022 Protest has been a key method of political claim-making in Jordan from the late Ottoman period to the present day. More than moments of rupture within normal-time politics, protests have been central to challenging state power, as well as reproducing it—and the spatial dynamics of protests play a central role in the construction of both state and society. With this book, Jillian Schwedler considers how space and geography influence protests and repression, and, in challenging conventional narratives of Hashemite state-making, offers the first in-depth study of rebellion in Jordan. Based on twenty-five years of field research, Protesting Jordan examines protests as they are situated in the built environment, bringing together considerations of networks, spatial imaginaries, space and place-making, and political geographies at local, national, regional, and global scales. Schwedler considers the impact of time and temporality in the lifecycles of individual movements. Through a mixed interpretive methodology, this book illuminates the geographies of power and dissent and the spatial practices of protest and repression, highlighting the political stakes of competing narratives about Jordan's past, present, and future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780791479391

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American Protest Essay and National Belonging, The by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fida J. Adely
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226833934

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Working Women in Jordan by Fida J. Adely Pdf

A surprising look at the meaningful social changes in Jordan as lived and navigated by educated women. Jordan has witnessed tremendous societal transformation in its relatively short history. Today it has one of the most highly educated populations in the region, and women have outnumbered and outperformed their male counterparts for more than a decade. Yet, despite their education and professional status, many women still struggle to build a secure future and a life befitting of their aspirations. In Working Women in Jordan anthropologist Fida J. Adely turns to college-educated women in Jordan who migrate from rural provinces to Amman for employment opportunities. Building on twelve years of ethnographic research and extensive interviews with dozens of women, as well as some of their family members, Adely analyzes the effects of developments such as expanded educational opportunities, urbanization, privatization, and the restructuring of the labor market on women’s life trajectories, gender roles, the institution of marriage, and kinship relations. Through these rich narrative accounts and the analysis of broader socio-economic shifts, Adely explains how educational structures can act as both facilitators and obstacles to workforce entry—along with cascading consequences for family and social life. Deeply thorough and compelling, Working Women in Jordan asks readers to think more critically about what counts as development, and for whom.

Author : Lisa Blaydes,Amr Hamzawy,Hesham Sallam
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472902965

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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World by Lisa Blaydes,Amr Hamzawy,Hesham Sallam Pdf

The advent of the Arab Spring in late 2010 was a hopeful moment for partisans of progressive change throughout the Arab world. Authoritarian leaders who had long stood in the way of meaningful political reform in the countries of the region were either ousted or faced the possibility of political if not physical demise. The downfall of long-standing dictators as they faced off with strong-willed protesters was a clear sign that democratic change was within reach. Throughout the last ten years, however, the Arab world has witnessed authoritarian regimes regaining resilience, pro-democracy movements losing momentum, and struggles between the first and the latter involving regional and international powers. This volume explains how relevant political players in Arab countries among regimes, opposition movements, and external actors have adapted ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring. It includes contributions on Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, and Tunisia. It also features studies on the respective roles of the United States, China, Iran, and Turkey vis-à-vis questions of political change and stability in the Arab region, and includes a study analyzing the role of Saudi Arabia and its allies in subverting revolutionary movements in other countries.

Author : N.H. Aruri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789401027731

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Jordan: A Study in Political Development (1921–1965) by N.H. Aruri Pdf

The past decade has been a period of excessive fiuctuation fluctuation in the distribution and exerciseof exercise of power power in in Jordan, Jordan, and and the the land land and and the the people people have have passed passed through through some some of the most agonizing moments of their history. The political climate has been polluted with suspicion and repression, and even when peace and tranquility retumed, returned, the determinants ,¥ere ,,,,ere the the external extemal factors, factors, rather rather than than the the internal intemal maturity maturity and and harmony harmony of the system to create conditions of life which could ensure respect respeet for law lawand and liberties liberties among among the the rulers, rulers, and and trust trust and and confidence confidence among among the the subjects. subjects. The The defeat defeat of Arab armies in June, 1967 stimulated the rise of a Palestinian resistance movement based in Trans-Jordan, commonly known as the East Bank. This element has given a new dimension to Jordanian politics. The government and Commandos are at cross-purposes on practically every issue of public policy. The civil war and the blood-shed it it entailed entailed have have further further critically critically strained strained relations relations between between the the two. two. This This has has perpetuated perpetuated an an atmosphere atmosphere of chronic tension and insecurity in the country.

Author : Vashon Jordan (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Protest movements
ISBN : 9798686683624

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Chicago Protests by Vashon Jordan (Jr.) Pdf

A photo book showcasing over 100 photos from more than 35 different demonstrations, community events, and moments that shaped the Chicago summer of 2020. From May through September 2020, 21-year-old, independent photographer, Vashon Jordan Jr. (@vashon_photo) captured over 17,000 photographs at dozens of demonstrations across Chicago, Illinois, to provide a tangible, authentic, visual record.They were sparked by the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and countless other Black people, unjustly murdered by white police officers across the country. Despite being spurred by violence, this revolution was built on peace, love, joy, led by the youth, and occurred during the pandemic of COVID-19.

Author : Nadine Sika
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198882527

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Civil Society in the Middle East by Nadine Sika Pdf

Civil Society in the Middle East analyzes the impact of repression on civil society activism in the Middle East through analyzing the cases of Egypt and Jordan. Sika argues that authoritarian regimes' repressive strategies toward civil society actors vary depending on recent historical experience with regime breakdown and/or continuity. Authoritarian regimes that go through breakdown and that transition from one autocratic rule to another increase repression against all civil society actors in an effort to pre-empt large-scale mobilization. This instils fear into civil society actors, who as a result either disengage from civic and political activism or turn to different forms of participation, such as social entrepreneurship. On the other hand, long-standing authoritarian regimes that have not faced breakdown utilize targeted repression and co-optation strategies while tolerating civic and political activism, as well as some forms of contentious activities. Civil society actors in these regimes are able to grasp political opportunities to mobilize for demonstrations at certain times and in certain spaces, and to develop coalition partnerships to push the regime to advance some reforms and change.

Author : Marc Lynch,Jillian Schwedler,Sean Yom
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Middle East
ISBN : 9780197640043

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The Political Science of the Middle East by Marc Lynch,Jillian Schwedler,Sean Yom Pdf

"This book is a generational stocktaking over the contemporary state of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa. It presents the major theoretical developments that have unfolded since the Arab uprisings in 2011-12, while highlighting the critical knowledge and fruitful literatures that regional experts have contributed back to mainstream political science. It features nearly 50 regional specialists, whose twelve chapters tackle the prevailing themes that gird the contemporary study of Middle East politics. Among the many topics touched upon are authoritarianism and democracy, contentious politics, international relations, regional security, military institutions, conflict and violence, political economy, economic development, religion, Islamist movements, social identity, sectarian politics, public opinion, migration and refugees, and local politics and governance. Each chapter reviews key debates and pathbreaking findings, while presenting highly curated references that illustrate the breadth and depth of ongoing research agendas"--

Author : Mirjam Twigt
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800733442

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Mediated Lives by Mirjam Twigt Pdf

Using the example of Iraqi refugees in Jordan's capital of Amman, this book describes how information and communication technologies (ICTs) play out in the everyday experiences of urban refugees, geographically located in the Global South, and shows how interactions between online and offline spaces are key for making sense of the humanitarian regime, for carving out a sense of home and for sustaining hope. This book paints a humanizing account of making do amid legal marginalization, prolonged insecurity, and the proliferation of digital technologies.

Author : Joseph Andoni Massad
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231123235

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Colonial Effects by Joseph Andoni Massad Pdf

This text analyses how modern Jordanian identity was created and defined. The author studies two key institutions, the law and the military, and uses them to create an analysis of the making of modern Jordanian identity.

Author : Ellen Lust
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781071844489

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The Middle East by Ellen Lust Pdf

In the The Middle East, Sixteenth Edition, Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her outstanding contributors explain the landscape of this changing region by examining both regional trends and individual countries. The Sixteenth Edition adds a chapter on Sudan, and other country chapters have been streamlined and fully updated to reflect domestic, regional, and international changes of the past three years. This best-selling text offers a wealth of information to help readers not only comprehend more fully the world around them, but also recognize and formulate policies that can more successfully engage the vitally important Middle East.

Author : William L. Cleveland,Martin Bunton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040048627

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A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland,Martin Bunton Pdf

A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign policies. Built around a framework of political history, while also carefully integrating social, cultural, and economic developments, this expertly crafted account provides readers with the most comprehensive, balanced, and penetrating analysis of the modern Middle East. The seventh edition has been substantially revised to reflect the significance of the 2011 Arab Uprisings as a major turning point in the modern history of the region. A new chapter considers how regional powers, especially in the Gulf, are now asserting themselves more forcefully, seeking to push their own interests while Russia and China contest America’s position. Including an annotated and updated bibliography that offers guidance to readers seeking more in-depth information and incorporating an online companion website featuring quizzes, timelines, and instructor resources, A History of the Modern Middle East remains the quintessential text for courses on Middle Eastern history.

Author : Robert E. Crawford
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618972637

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The Mysterious Affairs at Malvern Link by Robert E. Crawford Pdf

A young actress is asked for a favor by a friend. She knows this favor will include some danger but her curiosity gets the better of her.

Author : P. R. Kumaraswamy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811391668

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The Palgrave Handbook of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by P. R. Kumaraswamy Pdf

This Handbook presents a broad yet nuanced portrait of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, its socio-political rifts, economic challenges, foreign policy priorities and historical complexities. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has traditionally been an oasis of peace and stability in the ever-turbulent Middle East. The political ambitions of regional powers, often expressed in the form of territorial aggrandisement, have followed the Hashemites like an inseparable shadow. The scarcity of natural resources, especially water, has been compounded by the periodic influx of refugees from its neighbours. As a result, many—Arab and non-Arab alike—have questioned the longevity and survival of Jordan. These uncertainties were compounded when the founding ruler, King Abdullah I, became involved in the nascent Palestinian problem at the end of World War II. The annexation of the eastern part of Mandate Palestine or the West Bank in the wake of the 1948 War transformed the Jordanian demography and sowed the seeds of an uneasy relationship with the Palestinian component of its population, citizens, residents and refugees. Though better natural resources and stronger leaders have not ensured political stability in many Arab and non-Arab countries, Jordan has been an exception. Indeed, since its formation as an Emirate by the British in 1921, the Kingdom has seen only four rulers, a testimony to the sagacity and political foresight of the Hashemites. The Hashemites have managed to sustain the semi-rentier model primarily through international aid and assistance, which in turn inhibits Jordan from pursuing rapid political and economic reforms. Though a liberal, multi-religious and multicultural society, Jordan has been hampered by social cleavages especially between the tribal population and the forces of modernization.

Author : Isabelle ; Jordan Fremeaux (Jay),Jay Jordan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : ART
ISBN : 0745345891

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We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself by Isabelle ; Jordan Fremeaux (Jay),Jay Jordan Pdf

"In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias. They wanted their art activism to no longer be uprooted. They arrived at a place French politicians had declared lost to the republic, otherwise know as the zad (the zone to defend): a messy but extraordinary canvas of commoning, illegally occupying 4,000 acres of wetlands where an international airport was planned. In 2018, the 40-year-long struggle snatched an incredible victory, defeating the airport expansion project through a powerful cocktail that merged creation and resistance. Fremeaux and Jordan blend rich eyewitness accounts with theory, inspired by a diverse array of approaches, from neo-animism to revolutionary biology, insurrectionary writings and radical art history"--