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The social and economic origins of monarchy in Jordon
- Title
- The social and economic origins of monarchy in Jordon / Tariq Moraiwed Tell.
- Author
- Tell, Tariq
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- x, 221 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan endeavors to explain the resilience of the Hashemite monarchy in Jordan. In contrast to much of the existing literature, it seeks answers to the puzzle of the persistence of monarchical rule neither in the statecraft of the Hashemite monarchs, nor in the dynamics of their policies on the Palestinian issue. Instead, it focuses on the historical political economy of Trans-Jordan, locating the durability of Hashemite rule in the evolution of a monarchical social pact that exchanged loyalty for economic security and bound the peasants and pastoralists of the East Bank to the throne"--
- Series Statement
- Middle East today
- Uniform Title
- Middle East today.
- Subjects
- Jordan
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General
- Jordan > Kings and rulers
- Politics and government
- Economic policy
- Monarchie
- Wirtschaftsstruktur
- Kings and rulers
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General
- Jordan > Politics and government > 1952-1999
- Monarchy > Jordan
- Jordan > Economic policy
- 1952 - 1999
- Sozialstruktur
- Haschimiten
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-210) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : The paradoxes of an enduring monarchy -- The historiography of Hashemite rule -- Before Hashemite rule : Ottoman order and local order in South-Eastern Syria -- The origins of Hashemite rule : from Ottomanism to localism in South-Eastern Syria -- The establishment of Hashemite rule : the evolution of Trans-Jordan -- The infrastructure of mandatory power in the towns -- The infrastructure of mandatory power in the Steppe -- From mandate to kingdom : the social origins of Hashemite power in the Sown -- The cohesion of the East Bank : the consolidation of Hashemite power -- Conclusion : The moral economy of Hashemite rule in Jordan.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-1279
- ISBN
- 9780230108011
- 0230108016
- LCCN
- 2012036660
- 40021876207
- OCLC
- 701020014
- Author
- Tell, Tariq, author.
- Title
- The social and economic origins of monarchy in Jordon / Tariq Moraiwed Tell.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Middle East todayMiddle East today.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-210) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1952 - 1999
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40021876207
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-1279