Jordan: Living In The Crossfire - Couverture souple

George, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1842774719 ISBN 13 : 9781842774717

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Jordan has played a bigger role in Middle Eastern affairs than its size and economy might warrant, due to its huge Palestinian population, its strategic location between Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Iraq, and its uniquely close relationship with successive British and US administrations. Drawing on numerous visits to the country and interviews with a diversity of people from King Abdullah down, Alan George describes how its reasonably stable monarchical system, unlike that in most Arab countries, has allowed the halting development of civil society and maintained control through the skilful co-option of opponents rather than heavy-handed reliance on its secret police. What is daily life like? How do its parliamentary system and political parties work? How free are the media? What are the future prospects of this buffer 'state without a nation'?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan George gained his PhD, on Syria, at Durham in 1978. Since 1984 he has worked as a freelance journalist and researcher, contributing to a wide range of UK and international publications including the Observer, the Independent and the Guardian, and commentating on Middle Eastern affairs for radio and television. He is a former Assistant Director of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU), of whose Executive Committee he has been a member for many years. He has visited Syria repeatedly since 1967.

He is the author of 'Syria: Neither Bread nor Freedom' (Zed books, 2003)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842774719
• ISBN 13: 9781842774717
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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