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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958168103321

Autore

Lucas Russell E. <1970->

Titolo

Institutions and the politics of survival in Jordan : domestic responses to external challenges, 1988-2001 / / Russell E. Lucas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005

ISBN

9780791483329

0791483320

9781423744153

1423744152

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Middle Eastern studies

Disciplina

956.9504

Soggetti

Political culture - Jordan

Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Jordan

Jordan Politics and government 1952-1999

Jordan Politics and government 1999-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Institutions and the politics of survival -- Regime-led state building in Jordan, 1921-1988 -- Economic crisis and political liberalization -- Institutionalizing political liberalization -- Managing peace and its discontents -- Normalization and structural adjustment -- Press restrictions and the 1997 elections -- A new king and a new intifada -- Institutions and the politics of survival : an appraisal.

Sommario/riassunto

Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.