STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN JORDAN

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1 Syllabus STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN JORDAN Last update HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Political Science Academic year: 0 Semester: 1st Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Assaf David Coordinator assaf.david@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Sunday, 09:30-10:30 Teaching Staff: Dr. Assaf David page 1 / 5

2 Course/Module description: This module is optional for 2nd and 3rd year students. It explores key issues in state-society relations in the Middle East using the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a case study. The first part of this module discusses several concepts and issues in regional perspective. Among these concepts are state building, demography and majority-minority relations, political economy, regime stability and authoritarianism, civil society, civil-military relations and political Islam. The second part of this module explores the evolution of state-society relations in Jordan using the aforementioned issues. In this regard, the effects of the Neo-liberal policies of King Abdullah II on the social contract and the governance of the regime will discussed thoroughly. Course/Module aims: To provide a broad overview of key concepts in state-society relations in the Middle East in the 20th century; to provide a critical overview of regime, state and society relations in modern Jordan with a particular emphasis upon the reign of King Abdullah II; to allow students to analyze and evaluate both public discourse and current research on issues pertaining to the policies of the Hashemite regime, its stability, its relations with the Transjordanian population and Jordanian-Palestinian relations. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Identify and describe key features of state-society relations in the modern Middle East; Describe the key differences between the interests of the regime, the state and various communities in modern Jordan; Define the meaning of the historic social contract in Jordan and describe the latest developments in it; Define the meaning of rentier state and rentier mentality and describe their manifestations in regime, state and society in Jordan; Discuss the complexities of regime-transjordanian relations under King Abdullah II; Analyze and assess the soundness of public and academic discussions about the stability of the Hashemite regime; Apply module information in order to interpret correctly new developments in regime policies, regime-transjordanian relations and Jordanian-Palestinian relations in Jordan. Attendance requirements(%): full, in accordance with university regulations page 2 / 5

3 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: frontal lectures and class discussions Course/Module Content: 1. introduction. 2. key issues in state-society relations in the Middle East: state formation; majorityminority relations; political economy; regimes and democratization; state-religion relations. 3. state-society relations in Jordan: political history; state formation: regime and tribes; managing the communal rift; political economy; public sphere and top-down reform; the stability of the monarchy and the old order; challenges to state-society relations; the Arab Spring: towards new order? Required Reading: Owen, E. Roger State, Power, and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, Introduction and Ch Maoz, Moshe Middle Eastern Minorities: Between Integration and Conflict. Washington Institute for Near East Policy Papers, No. 50, pp. 1-15, Richards, Alan and Waterbury, John A Political Economy of the Middle East (Third Edition). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, pp , Lucas, Russell E Monarchical Authoritarianism: Survival and Political Liberalization in a Middle Eastern Regime Type. International Journal of Middle East Studies 36: חטינה, מאיר וקופפרשמידט, אורי האחים המוסלמים. חזון דתי במציאות משתנה (הוצאת הקיבוץ המאוחד), עמודים נבחרים. ססר, אשר "דמוגרפיה ופוליטיקה בירדן", בתוך עמי איילון וגד גילבר (עורכים), דמוגרפיה ופוליטיקה במדינות ערב (תל אביב: הקיבוץ המאוחד), עמ אלון, יואב "יחסי שבט ומדינה בעברהירדן המנדטורית: השבטים ותהליכי כינון המדינה המודרנית", גמאעה ח, Jureidini, Paul A., and R.D. McLaurin Jordan: the Impact of Social Change on the Role of the Tribes. New York: Praeger. Brand, Laurie Palestinians and Jordanians: A Crisis of Identity, Journal of Palestine Studies 24 (4): Nanes, Stefanie Choice, Loyalty, and the Melting Pot: Citizenship and National Identity in Jordan. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 14 (1): page 3 / 5

4 Brynen, Rex Economic Crisis and Post-Rentier Democratization in the Arab World: The Case of Jordan. Canadian Journal of Political Science 25 (1): Alissa, Sufyan Rethinking Economic Reform in Jordan: Confronting Socioeconomic Realities. Carnegie Papers no. 4. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Relations. דוד, אסף "חברה אזרחית ומרחב ציבורי בממלכה הירדנית ההאשמית: ירדן תחילה כמקרה מבחן", המזרח החדש, כרך מו, אסלאם: משפט וחברה, (מאי 2006), ע"ע David, Assaf and Nanes, Stefanie The Womens Quota in Jordans Municipal Councils: International and Domestic Dimensions, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 32 (4): Muasher, Marwan A Decade of Struggling Reform Efforts in Jordan: The Resilience of the Rentier System. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Relations. Human Rights Watch Stateless Again: Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality, Hroub, Khaled Jordan: the Possibility of Transition from Electoral Rut to a Constitutional Democratic Monarchy, Arab Reform Brief 18, דוד, אסף "אביב ירדני, חורף האשמי: משמעויות ליחסי ישראל-ירדן", בתוך: ענת קורץ ושלמה ברום (עורכים), הערכה אסטרטגית לישראל (תל אביב: המכון למחקרי בטחון לאומי), ע"ע Zahran, Mudar Jordan Is Palestinian, Middle East Quarterly, pp. 3-12, Additional Reading Material: Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 86 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 7 % Project work 7 % Assignments 0 % Reports 0 % page 4 / 5

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