Title: Institutions and the politics of survival in Jordan : domestic responses to external challenges, 1988-2001 /
Authors: Lucas, Russell E., 1970-
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Political culture Jordan.; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Jordan.; Jordan Politics and government; Jordan Politics and government
Abstract: "Weaving together accounts of historical developments, cultural elements, economic factors, and regional and international dynamics, Russell E. Lucas explores how the monarchy in Jordan survived economic crisis and regional political instability during the 1990s. Lucas analyzes the factors behind the successful liberalization and deliberalization of laws regulating political parties, the parliament, and the press that helped preserve the monarchy. These institutional survival strategies co-opted the opposition, kept it divided, and reinforced the unity of the regime's coalition of supporters.
Contents: 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.