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The State of Jordanian Women's Organizations - Five Years Beyond the Arab Spring

[journal article]

Ferguson, Peter A.

Abstract

This paper explores the failure of women's organizations to effect the improvement of the status of Jordanian women during the Arab Spring. Through an examination of the regime's political liberalization strategy, leadership failures within women's organizations, and international donor influence on... view more

This paper explores the failure of women's organizations to effect the improvement of the status of Jordanian women during the Arab Spring. Through an examination of the regime's political liberalization strategy, leadership failures within women's organizations, and international donor influence on programmatic focus, the underlying explanation for this failure is found to be rooted in the historical depoliticization of women in Jordan. This is tested in the context of the Arab Spring through an analysis of the results of popular protests, proposed electoral law reforms, and efforts to amend the Jordanian constitution. The paper draws in part on a large collection of interviews and a focus group conducted in Jordan during the spring/summer of 2012, as well as analysis of primary documents from the government and a variety of women's organizations in Jordan.... view less

Keywords
Jordan; democratization; women's organization; women's movement; Arab countries

Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies

Free Keywords
Arab Spring

Document language
English

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
p. 59-68

Journal
Politics and Governance, 5 (2017) 2

Issue topic
Multidisciplinary Studies in Politics and Governance

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v5i2.762

ISSN
2183-2463

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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