Jordan and the Arab uprisings :

Ryan, Curtis R.,

Jordan and the Arab uprisings : regime survival and politics beyond the state / Curtis R. Ryan. - xiv, 282 pages ; 23 cm - Columbia studies in Middle East politics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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Arab Spring, 2010-


Jordan--Politics and government--1999-



--Reading book

320.95695 / RYA