Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism: Us and European Policy in Jordan

ISBN-13: 9781108737012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 291 str.

Benjamin Schuetze

Opis

A detailed examination of the role of US and European 'democracy promoters' in Jordan based on a diverse range of original source material.

Recenzje

'Western democracy promotion programs in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have been state of the art for decades. In this important study, Schuetze blows the lid off by examining what democracy promotion actually does. Based on a wealth of interviews and striking observational evidence, Schuetze frames democracy promotion policies as intimately tied to monarchical absolutism in Jordan.' Pete W. Moore, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

Spis treści

Preface: in Jordan 'reform is not a strange word'; 1. 'Democracy promotion' and moral authority; 2. Who's afraid of politics?; 3. Supporting, mobilising for, and ignoring Jordanian elections; 4. The Jordanian civil society market; 5. Break on through to the other side; 6. Securing Jordan; 7. Imperial coercion, liberal intervention and the rise of populist politics; Sources and bibliography.