In the late nineteenth century, the Ottoman government sought to fill landscapes they legally
defined as" empty." Both land and people were incorporated into territorially bounded grids …

This paper explores the politics of creating and calibrating monetary poverty indicators in
Jordan using interviews with policy-shapers and documentary analysis. It highlights the …

This paper explores the passionate attachments that underpin subjection to political
authority. It does so through an examination of the ways residents of the Jordanian city of Ma …

Abstract The Moroccan and Spanish governments pursue the visibility of people and things.
They observe and survey in order to codify, catalogue, classify, and calculate. Rather than …

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 …

International political economy has largely ignored the Middle East. This special issue not
only expands the discipline's scope geographically but also conceptually by addressing …

Crisis is a recurrent motif in discussions of the environment in the Middle East. Concerns
about water scarcity, food insecurity, climate disasters, and resource degradation play into …

Beyond the most immediate and devastating effects being felt by the local populace, the war
in Ukraine is also having severe repercussions in other world regions, particularly the …

What are the origins and effects of legal ambiguity in authoritarian regimes? Using a
detailed case study of nationality rights in Jordan–which draws from interviews with 210 …

Bakers and soldiers strive to provide subsistence and security to the residents of Amman
and Baghdad. Yet neither set of actors is involved in straightforward administrative work; …