Reclaiming Neoliberal Amman: The Role of Space in Jordanian Contentious Politics
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Jordan is often discounted in comparison to its regional counterparts since the “Arab Spring.” With the Hashemite regime still in power a decade later, have Jordanians given up on calling for change? On the contrary, Jordanians have continued to mobilize since the hirak from 2011 to 2013. In all contentious mobilizations, Jordanians challenge the neoliberal economic policies pushed by the Hashemite regime through subsequent governments. This essay will look at two recent rejections of neoliberalism, the 2018 protest wave against an imf-sponsored tax bill and the historic 2019 public school teachers strike. How does space fit into these contentious actions? Why did protesters and strikers choose certain sites of contention? This essay argues contentious sites in the 2018 and 2019 waves of protest in Amman were symbolic rejections of neoliberalism.
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Reclaiming Neoliberal Amman: The Role of Space in Jordanian Contentious Politics
In: ProtestSearch for other papers by Douglas Christensen in
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Abstract
Jordan is often discounted in comparison to its regional counterparts since the “Arab Spring.” With the Hashemite regime still in power a decade later, have Jordanians given up on calling for change? On the contrary, Jordanians have continued to mobilize since the hirak from 2011 to 2013. In all contentious mobilizations, Jordanians challenge the neoliberal economic policies pushed by the Hashemite regime through subsequent governments. This essay will look at two recent rejections of neoliberalism, the 2018 protest wave against an imf-sponsored tax bill and the historic 2019 public school teachers strike. How does space fit into these contentious actions? Why did protesters and strikers choose certain sites of contention? This essay argues contentious sites in the 2018 and 2019 waves of protest in Amman were symbolic rejections of neoliberalism.
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| Abstract Views | 1087 | 150 | 33 |
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