Jordan: Ten more years of autocracy

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 151-166

  Yom, Sean L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73649133288     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.0.0125     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Daniel Brumberg, "Democratization in the Arab World? The Trap of Liberalized Autocracy," Journal of Democracy 13 (October 2002): 56-68.
2. Christine Guégnard, Xavier Matheu, and Musa Shteiwi, "Unemployment in Jordan," Report of the European Training Foundation (Turin: European Training Foundation, 2005), 28.
3. Mohammad al-Najjar, "Siyasiyun urduniyun yantaqidun bi-shadda uslub 'idarat almamlakah" (Politicians forcefully criticize the Kingdom's governance), Al-Jazeera.net, 6 June 2008.
4. Sufyan Alissa, "Rethinking Economic Reform in Jordan: Confronting Socioeconomic Realities," Carnegie Paper, August 2007, 10. Available at www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19465.
5. Author's interview with Fayez al-Tarawneh, former prime minister and chief of the Diwan (royal staff), Amman, July 2006.
6. Jamil al-Nimri, "Maa hiya mushkilat al-'ahzaab al-urduniyah" (What is the problem of Jordanian parties?), Al-Ghad (Amman), 29 December 2005.
7. Mohammad al-Hammouri, "Akhtalif ma' al-ra'is fii tafseerihi lil-maada (1/16) min al-dustour" (I disagree with the leader on his interpretation of Article 16.1 of the Constitution), Ammonnews.net, 15 July 2008.
8. Hani Hazaimeh, "Majority of Journalists Practice Self-Censorship," Jordan Times (Amman), 3 May 2009.
9. Naseem Tarawnah, "Jordan's Internet News Sites Getting Their Very Own Law?" The Black Iris blog, 31 March 2008, www.black-iris.com/2008/03/ 31/jordans-internetnews-sites-getting-their-very-own-law.
10. Tha'ir Ghandour, "Al-mamlaka al-urduniya . . . 'itidal wa mukhabarat (The Kingdom of Jordan: 'Moderation' and the General Intelligence Directorate), Al-Akhbar (Beirut), 27 July 2007.
11. See the Democracy in Jordan poll series run by the Public Opinion Poll Unit at the Center for Strategic Studies at Jordan University, available at www.jcss.org/subDefault.aspx?PageId=36&PollType=2. Over the same period of time, however, the surveys also reveal that a consistent majority of Jordanian citizens prefer democracy over authoritarianism.
12. The National Centre for Human Rights, Fourth Annual Report: The Situation of Human Rights in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2007) (Amman: National Centre for Human Rights, 2008), 115-116
13. Author's interview with then-Minister of Political Development Sabri Rbheihat, Amman, June 2006.
14. Abdullah's comment of 5 July 2008 appears at www.black-iris.com/2008/07/ 02/candid-interview-king-abdullah-tackles-the-latest-controversial-issues-in- jordan/#comment-121666.
15. "Political Truths (interview with Mustafa Hamarneh)," Jordan Business, March 2009, 54-60.
16. See, for instance, Thomas Carothers, Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve (Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1999)
17. and Daniel Brinks and Michael Coppedge, "Diffusion Is No Illusion: Neighbor Emulation in the Third Wave of Democracy," Comparative Political Studies 39 (May 2006): 463-489.
18. Author's calculations from the Central Bank of Jordan, Yearly Statistical Series: 1964-2006 (Amman: Central Bank of Jordan, 2007).