2015
DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2014.996996
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Jordan and the ‘Arab Spring’: No Challenge, No Change?

Abstract: Many of the factors that in 2011 caused major uprisings in several Arab countries and led to deep political changes were and continue to be present in Jordan. Access to social media, widespread frustration with corruption, high unemployment among the well-educated youth, and growing inequality are but a few of the elements common to Jordan and those Arab states that experienced governmental upheavals. Nevertheless, the Jordanian political reality in the years 2010/11 experienced rather limited demonstrations a… Show more

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“…Far too frequently, an over-reliance on institutional approaches focused on rents, access to power and constitutional design blur micro-dynamics crucial to authoritarianism. 121 Analysts commit what Antonio Gramsci regarded as the most pervasive error in politics:…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Far too frequently, an over-reliance on institutional approaches focused on rents, access to power and constitutional design blur micro-dynamics crucial to authoritarianism. 121 Analysts commit what Antonio Gramsci regarded as the most pervasive error in politics:…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Protests and demonstrations were clearly present in Jordan before and during the initial wave of the Arab Spring in 2010 to 2011 and became more radical in 2012. Yet, compared with other countries in the region where larger and more violent protests led to revolutions and the toppling of existing regimes and rulers in the Arab Spring, the demands of Jordan’s public have been described as “modest” and “limited” by comparison (Beck and Hüser 2015, 83; see also Tobin 2012). As one journalist put it, “Jordan’s protesters ask little, and receive even less” (Fahim 2011).…”
Section: Main Stages Of Reform In Jordan Since 1989mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As one journalist put it, "Jordan's protesters ask little, and receive even less" (Fahim 2011). But while the protests in Jordan were generally smaller and more peaceful than in other parts of 11 See Beck and Hüser (2015) for more on the demands and ramifications surrounding Jordan's experience of the Arab Spring.…”
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“…In January 2011 in Egypt, protests called for an end to poor economic conditions, injustice and corruption (Houissa, ). The Arab spring has highlighted some key challenges in the MENA region, including high poverty rates, the need to reform national subsidy systems, the growth of inequalities, and social injustice (O’sullivan, Rey and Mendez, ; Drukan, ; Korotayev and Zinkina, ; Breisinger, Ecker and Al‐Riffai, ; Campante and Chor, ; Singerman, ; Ross, ; Ross, ; Bellin, ; Hinnebusch, ; Beck and Hüser, ; Costello, Jenkins and Aly, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%