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Natoudi, Eirini (2019)

Remarkably Stable: Legitimation, co-optation, repression and the dynamics of regime survival in Jordan

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Jordan is undoubtedly a highly resilient state. Many scholars have claimed that Jordan constitutes a “hybrid system of governance” combining features of both democracy and autocracy. The main debates on the field are increasingly revolving around the persistence of its political stability. The current thesis explores the persistence of the Jordanian monarchy since the onset of its political liberalization in 1989 and demonstrates that the regime in Jordan employed several regime survival strategies, based on legitimation, co-optation and repression in order to ensure its longevity. To better illustrate the current argument, the research that follows attempts a theory testing, based on these three key theories which - with the support of both primary and secondary sources - try to explain the puzzle of monarchical regime endurance in Jordan.

legitimation

co-optation

repression

regime survival

Jordan

Author

Natoudi, Eirini

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Middle East and North Africa

Supervisors

Henderson, Christian

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en