The headline of a 2013 newspaper article, in reference to the growing importance of
municipal issues such as bus fares, green spaces, and garbage collection throughout the …

The recent influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and Lebanon has stimulated domestic
political action against these countries' governments. This is the dramatic argument at the …

This paper examines bakeries and checkpoints through their relationship to the state and
connects considerations of affect with the burgeoning literature on infrastructure. Drawing on …

This article identifies problematic tendencies in current analyses of the Middle East's energy
relations. All social relations are frequently seen as determined by resource extraction, use …

Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa entailed a proliferation of policy tools for
EU external migration governance. After the signature of Mobility Partnerships, the EU …

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 …

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 …

Arabic bread (AB) is the most common type of bread that consumed in the Middle East
countries. It is prepared from white wheat flour which considered to have a low nutritive …

The chapter analyses the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Jordan in the
context of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), demonstrating that Jordan is playing …

The provision of foodstuffs has long been a feature of relations between rulers and ruled.
Today, bread subsidies are one of the most ubiquitous welfare programs in the Middle East …