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Jordan and the Arab Uprisings - Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State (Hardcover)
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Jordan and the Arab Uprisings - Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State (Hardcover)
Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
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In 2011, as the Arab uprisings spread across the Middle East,
Jordan remained more stable than any of its neighbors. Despite
strife at its borders and an influx of refugees connected to the
Syrian civil war and the rise of ISIS, as well as its own version
of the Arab Spring with protests and popular mobilization demanding
change, Jordan managed to avoid political upheaval. How did the
regime survive in the face of the pressures unleashed by the Arab
uprisings? What does its resilience tell us about the prospects for
reform or revolutionary change? In Jordan and the Arab Uprisings,
Curtis R. Ryan explains how Jordan weathered the turmoil of the
Arab Spring. Crossing divides between state and society, government
and opposition, Ryan analyzes key features of Jordanian politics,
including Islamist and leftist opposition parties, youth movements,
and other forms of activism, as well as struggles over elections,
reform, and identity. He details regime survival strategies, laying
out how the monarchy has held out the possibility of reform while
also seeking to coopt and contain its opponents. Ryan demonstrates
how domestic politics were affected by both regional unrest and
international support for the regime, and how regime survival and
security concerns trumped hopes for greater change. While the Arab
Spring may be over, Ryan shows that political activism in Jordan is
not, and that struggles for reform and change will continue.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews with a vast range of
people, from grassroots activists to King Abdullah II, Jordan and
the Arab Uprisings is a definitive analysis of Jordanian politics
before, during, and beyond the Arab uprisings.
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