Jordan : living in the crossfire /
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...
| Основен автор: | George, Alan, 1949- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York :
Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=263844 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Jordan. |
Съдържание:
- Chronology
- Vital statistics
- "Fulfilling our promises" : the creation of Jordan
- "Neither democrat nor demagogue" : Jordan under King Hussain
- "Bread before freedom" : Jordan under King Abdullah II
- Abdullah bin al-Hussain : king
- Barjas al-Hadid : tribal shaikh
- Rajai Khoury : businessman
- Abd al-Fatah al-Bustani : dentist
- Abu Muhammad : taxi driver
- Awad ash-Shubaiki : farmer
- Anisa Salim : refugee
- The "stratified elite" : the royal family and the royal court
- "Strengthening the moderate majority" : parliament and parties
- "The basis of governance" : the legal system
- "The sky's the limit" : the media
- "Investing in a mobile resource" : higher education
- Visions and realities : the future.