Leavened apprehensions: bread subsidies and moral economies in Hashemite Jordan

JC Martínez - International journal of Middle East studies, 2018 - cambridge.org
This article analyzes the microprocesses that imbue bread with meaning and the
macropolitics that shape its subsidized provision. It begins by outlining bread's multiple …

Responding to Climate Change in Jordan: understanding institutional developments, political restrictions and economic opportunities

I El-Anis, M Poberezhskaya - British Journal of Middle Eastern …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Jordan is one of the world's most resource-poor, arid and freshwater-stressed countries with
climate change aggravating these challenges further. We argue that due to Jordan's climate …

Constructing climate change rentierism in Jordan

M Poberezhskaya, I El-Anis - Environmental Politics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Jordan is exceptionally vulnerable to climate change and has limited adaptive capacities. It
is also a non-democratic state with an ubiquitous role for the monarchy that results in …

The meta-narrative of self-fulfilling prophecy in the different research areas

S Almadi - Society and Economy, 2022 - akjournals.com
The self-fulfilling prophecy is a ubiquitous concept with a large amount of research to date,
characterised by disciplinary diversity and thus a potential plurality in its narrative. A meta …

Leavening neoliberalization's uneven pathways: Bread, governance and political rationalities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

JC Martínez - Mediterranean Politics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Techniques of governance in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan do not follow a single or
unifying logic. Despite a more than decade-long shift towards a neoliberal orientation …

The turning point that was not: The Arab Spring, realism, and the circularity of Western policies toward the Arab world

L Berger - Turning Points: Challenges for Western Democracies …, 2024 - degruyter.com
The Arab Spring marked a critical juncture in Western policies toward the Arab world. For a
moment, it appeared as if a turning point was possible away from the long-term Western …

Jordan and Morocco: The palace gambit

S Yom - Journal of Democracy, 2017 - muse.jhu.edu
Ruling monarchies in Morocco and Jordan outlasted the Arab Spring through familiar tactics
such as halfhearted reforms, as well as upgraded strategies of management. No longer …

Intersectional identities, space and security: Syrian refugee women in Amman and Beirut

S Linn - 2020 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Displaced by the Syrian civil war and seeking refuge in the cities of Amman and Beirut,
Syrian refugee women face a multitude of complex legal, security, and cultural structures as …

Combating domestic abuse in Jordan from the top-down: liberal and/or democratic statebuilding?

J Watkins - Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores how liberal statebuilding can produce unexpected results by examining
Jordan's campaign against domestic abuse. Jordan's Family Protection Initiative exemplifies …

Autocracy After the Welfare State: Youth Governance and Authoritarian Durability in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

A Almqvist - 2023 - search.proquest.com
For decades, autocracy and state distribution of jobs and welfare were closely intertwined.
However, in recent decades, many autocracies––whether austerity-stricken, hydrocarbon …