dc.contributor.author |
Wyrwicz, Edward McGowan, |
dc.date.accessioned |
2017-08-30T13:55:21Z |
dc.date.available |
2017-08-30T13:55:21Z |
dc.date.issued |
2014 |
dc.date.submitted |
2014 |
dc.identifier.other |
b18337193 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/10504 |
dc.description |
Thesis. M.A. American University of Beirut. Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, 2014. T:6212 |
dc.description |
Advisor : Dr. Tariq Tell, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration ; Members of Committee : Dr. Waleed Hazbun, Associate Professor, Political Science and Public Administration ; Dr. Betty Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of History, Boston University. |
dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-106) |
dc.description.abstract |
This thesis compares two distinct periods of political liberalization in Jordan’s history: 1953-1957, and 1984-1994. It uses Uriel Dann’s model of Jordanian politics in order to analyze the nature of the regime elite and the opposition in the two periods, while also utilizing other approaches in order to adjust the model accordingly. Different external and internal dynamics in the two periods shaped the nature of the liberalization process, as well as the relative strength of the political opposition to the regime. In the first period, King Hussein and the regime elite face a challenge from a broad-based opposition coalition that ultimately seeks to remake Jordan in its own image. This is not the case in the second period. Instead, we see a weaker opposition that is easily co-opted by the regime, legitimizing the process of regime-led liberalization that continues to this day. |
dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (viii, 106 leaves) ; 30cm |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
T:006212 |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Democratization -- Jordan. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Cabinet system -- Jordan. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Opposition (Political science) -- Jordan. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Jordan -- Politics and government. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Jordan -- History. |
dc.title |
Political liberalization in Jordan : a comparative study - |
dc.type |
Thesis |
dc.contributor.department |
Faculty of Arts and Sciences. |
dc.contributor.department |
Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, |
dc.contributor.institution |
American University of Beirut. |