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

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

Benjamin Schuetze is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Freiburg and Research Associate at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI). His research has been supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and has appeared in journals including Cooperation and Conflict and Security Dialogue, as well as on Al Jazeera and Jadaliyya.

Summary

This first study into the role of US and European 'democracy promoters' in Jordan uses a diverse range of original source material to reveal what democracy promotion looks like in practice, vividly illustrating what a greater US and European policy presence in the Global South really means.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Schuetze, Benjamin (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Fre Schuetze, Benjamin (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg Schuetze
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781108493383
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49338-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Politics and government, Society and culture: general