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A Democratic Audit of Jordan
- Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Copyright Reluctant Liberalisation: A Democratic Audit of Jordan, 1989-2019 Adli Hawwari 2020 First published in the United Kingdom 2019 by Ud al-Nad Ltd Copyright © Adli Hawwari, 2020 All rights reserved (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Jordan: History and Political System Assessment: 1989-2010 1. Citizenship, Law and Rights 1.1: Nationhood and Citizenship 1.2: Rule of Law and Access to Justice 1.3: Civil and (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Acronyms and List of Interviews Acronyms and Abbreviations ACC = Anti-Corruption Commission in Jordan AFP = Agence France-Presse (French News Agency) AI = Amnesty International AVC = Audio-Visual Commission in Jordan CDFJ = Centre (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Preface On 8 November 2019, Jordan marked the thirtieth anniversary of what was hoped to be a transformation of the country’s political system into a democratic one. The initial stage was promising and produced an assertive (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Introduction A democratic audit, as defined by Beetham (1994, p. 25), ‘is the simple but ambitious project of assessing the state of democracy in a single country’. It is accurate to suggest that it is ‘ambitious’; it is not (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Jordan: History and Political System In this chapter, I provide brief backgrounds for the modern history of Jordan; its political system; the branches of government; the economy; and the Palestinian connection in Jordan’s history and politics. (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Assessment: 1989-2010, Citizenship, Law and Rights In this chapter, I present, analyse, and discuss the data gathered through two questionnaires referred to previously. I follow the order and headings of categories and subcategories used in the long questionnaire. I (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Representative and Accountable Government In this chapter, I present, analyse, and discuss the data pertaining to the second category in the democratic audit: representative and accountable government. It has six subcategories: free and fair elections; (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Civil Society and Popular Participation In this chapter, I continue the presentation and discussion of the data of the democratic audit. This chapter deals with the third major category: civil society and popular participation. It asks questions in three (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Democracy Beyond the State This is the fourth and final major category in the democratic audit. It examines the external influences on democracy in Jordan as well as Jordan’s influence abroad in support of democracy in other countries. 4.1 (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Detailed Assessment: 1989-2010 This chapter widens the scope of the assessment by examining more of the data collected in the long questionnaire, which has ninety questions. I propose to cover two questions from each subcategory: the questions (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Assessment: 2011-2019 Updated Appraisal: 2011-2019 In the following pages, I shall re-ask the fifteen overarching questions, and restate the marks given by the twenty four assessors and six experts. I shall then give my assessment of (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Citizenship, Law and Rights In the following pages, I shall re-ask the fifteen overarching questions, and restate the marks given by the twenty-four assessors and six experts. I shall then give my assessment of the extent of change during (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Representative & Accountable Government This part of the long questionnaire consists of six subcategories: free and fair elections (2.1); the democratic role of political parties (2.2); effective and responsive government (2.3); the democratic (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Civil Society & Popular Participation This part of the long questionnaire consists of three subcategories: the media in a democratic society (3.1); political participation (3.2); decentralization (3.3). 3.1: Media in a Democratic Society This (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Democracy Beyond the State This part of the long questionnaire consists of two subcategories: external influences on the country’s democracy (4.1); and the country’s democratic impact abroad (4.2). 4.1: External Influences This (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Conclusions In this concluding chapter, I examine why democracy has failed to take root in Jordan to date. I will outline several reasons often cited to explain the failure, and scrutinize the plausibility and limitations of (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Epilogue In the conclusions of the original democratic audit, I offered several possible explanations as to why democracy did not take root in Jordan. Did anything happen since then to make me reconsider my previous (…)Jordan: A Democratic Audit
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