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A History of Jordan Philip Robins (University of Oxford)

A History of Jordan By Philip Robins (University of Oxford)

A History of Jordan by Philip Robins (University of Oxford)


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Summary

Covering over a century of the political history of the Jordanian state, this second edition benefits from new chapters, original research and an expanded chronology forming a comprehensive and systematic case study of Jordan, a country which has found itself at the centre of conflict for much of its existence.

A History of Jordan Summary

A History of Jordan by Philip Robins (University of Oxford)

Since the publication of the first edition, substantial changes have occurred in the political landscape of Jordan and the Middle East. King Abdullah II has cemented his rule amidst an onslaught of threats which have faced his kingdom since he succeeded his father in 1999. The Syrian civil war has fundamentally shifted the political context of its neighbouring countries, with Jordan experiencing a huge population explosion as people moved across the border from Syria. This second edition of Robins' accessible and succinct survey of Jordanian political history is an account of a century of events within a country whose fortunes are closely identified with its heads of state. Beginning in the early 1920s in the Mandate years, and now benefiting from new material on the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, attempts at democratisation, the collapse of the economy, the Jordan Spring and refugee crisis, this new edition featuring original research brings Jordan's political history into the twenty-first century.

A History of Jordan Reviews

'Robins ... arguably knows more about Jordan than anyone in the West, and this second edition of his history of the kingdom is as authoritative and informative as the first. No other volume begins to capture the country as well as this one ... Essential.' P. Clawson, Choice

About Philip Robins (University of Oxford)

Philip Robins is Professor of Middle East Politics and Faculty Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. He was a founding member of the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Bosphorus University, Istanbul. A specialist on the modern Middle East, he is the author of The Middle East: A Beginners' Guide (2009), The Role, Position and Agency of Cusp States in International Relations (2014) and the recent monograph Middle East Drugs Bazaar: Production, Prevention and Consumption (2016).

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. On the edge of empire; 2. Founding state and regime; 3. The long road to independence; 4. Loss of innocence; 5. The roaring fifties; 6. The road to disaster; 7. Illusions of progress; 8. Hussein's choices; 9. Abdullah's governance debate at home; 10. International relations under Abdullah; Conclusion: Jordan: still a politely run authoritarian state.

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GOR013152109
9781108448383
1108448380
A History of Jordan by Philip Robins (University of Oxford)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
20190926
330
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