Citizen Wayn? The Struggle of Parliament in Contemporary Jordan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Paul Maurice Esber
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Government ◽  
Parliamentary Politics ◽  
Citizenship Regime ◽  
Localized Levels

Abstract This article is part of the Special Issue “Parliaments in the Middle East and North Africa: A Struggle for Relevance”. Because the politics of citizenship is felt at all stages of the parliamentary process, the very question of parliamentary relevance itself cannot be answered without reference to the citizenry. That Jordan’s citizenship regime influences and impedes parliamentary politics is explored through two cases. The first being decentralization, understood as a relocating of tasks, decision-making and mandates from a centralized location to different, more localized levels. The second study focuses on the uprisings occurring from May 30, 2018 against the draft domestic tax law introduced to parliament by the government of then-Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki. Both cases are implicated in the Kingdom’s parliamentary politics, and their selection is a conscious move away from election analysis. Taken together they elucidate how citizenship is a key battleground on which any future emancipation/development of parliament will be fought.

From Prime Ministerial Power to Core Executive

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Approaches To Studying ◽  
The Core ◽  
Executive Politics ◽  
Core Executive ◽  
The Government ◽  
Different Parts

The core executive is a new concept replacing the conventional debate about the power of the prime minister and the Cabinet. It refers to all those organizations and procedures that coordinate central government policies, and act as final arbiters of conflict between different parts of the government machine. In brief, the ‘core executive’ is the heart of the machine. The chapter reviews the several approaches to studying the British executive: prime ministerial government; prime ministerial cliques; Cabinet government; ministerial government; segmented decision-making; and bureaucratic coordination. It then discusses several ways forward by developing new theory and methods. The Afterword discusses the core executive as interlocking networks, and the fluctuating patterns of executive politics.

China and the Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 192-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Peerenboom
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Northern Africa ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
The Government

The 2011 revolutions in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) led to considerable hope for some people that China would experience a similar political uprising, as well as considerable anxiety for the ruling regime. The government’s immediate response was to downplay the risk of a similar event occurring in China by distinguishing between China and MENA, while at the same time cracking down on activists and other potential sources of instability—including attempts to organize popular revolutionary protests in China. Although the government has so far managed to avoid a similar uprising, neither response has been entirely successful. Despite a number of significant diff erences between China and MENA countries, there are enough commonalities to justify concerns about political instability. Moreover, relying on repression alone is not a long-term solution to the justified demands of Chinese citizens for political reforms and social justice. Whether China will ultimately be able to avoid the fate of authoritarian regimes in MENA countries will turn on its ability to overcome a series of structural challenges while preventing sudden and unpredictable events, like those that gave rise to the Arab revolutions, from spinning out of control.

Mediterranean geographies of protest

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Fregonese
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
State Security ◽  
European Cities ◽  
The Mediterranean

This special issue of Euro-commentaries tackles the question of what links unprecedented anti-regime uprisings in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, with the largest protests in decades in several European cities. Beyond the specificities of individual cases, uprisings on both sides of the Mediterranean have highlighted strong and often violent collisions between resistance movements and state security. How are these collisions reshaping urban and political geographies in the Mediterranean? The papers presented here explore different aspects of the 2011 protests, and share the view that these are shaped by concerns for social justice, human rights and democracy, which are not a prerogative of the Arab world, but indicate instead more complex geographies.

Prospects for India in 2016

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party ◽  
The Government

Subject Prospects for India in 2016. Significance Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has accelerated its agenda of piecemeal and sequential reform following his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s defeat in the Bihar elections last month. As difficult state elections approach in the first half of 2016, the government is banking on these reforms and headline growth to secure voter and investor support. In foreign policy, the government is likely to focus on regions of strategic importance, especially Russia and the Middle East.

Finland: Forming and Managing Ideologically Heterogeneous Oversized Coalitions

2021 ◽  
pp. 165-205
Author(s):  
Tapio Raunio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
The Government ◽  
Oversized Coalitions ◽  
Rules Of The Game

Examining coalition governance in Finland, this chapter argues that due to the ideological heterogeneity of Finnish cabinets, prime ministers and governments emphasize the importance of ex ante control mechanisms. Government programmes have become very detailed and there are both established written rules and informal conventions for cabinet decision-making and for solving conflicts within the government. The prime minister is strongly constrained by the types of cabinets formed in Finland. Heading oversized, ideologically heterogeneous governments, prime ministers must strike a balance between active leadership and accommodating the preferences of the coalition partners. The key to managing such broad coalitions is building and maintaining trust among the governing parties. Coalition governance in Finland is also characterized by stability: the existing practices have remained basically unaltered at least since the mid-1990s, and the rise of populism has not changed how cabinets are formed or work. Prime ministers, the coalition partners, and their parliamentary groups know and mainly respect the rules of the game, and this contributes to the survival of the broad Finnish cabinets.

Effect of Government Spending Policies on Education on Human Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): أثر سياسات الإنفاق الحكومي على التعليم على مراكمة رأس المال البشري والنمو الاقتصادي في دول الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا (MENA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (16) ◽  
pp. 65-90
Author(s):  
Emad Adnan Matyori Emad Adnan Matyori
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
The Government

This study aims to estimates the effect of government spending on education and its policies on the accumulation of human capital and then economic growth, for this purpose, we use the econometric method, and employed the simultaneous equations model, for a sample of fourteen countries from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) For the period (1980- 2019); The study concluded, in the first estimates stage of the model, that most of the government spending policies on education used in the study positively affect the accumulation of human capital, except, government spending policy on education at basic educational levels, which had a negative impact. And in the second estimates stage of the model, The study concluded, a positive impact of the accumulated human capital due to government spending on education and its policies on economic growth; Consequently, government spending policies on education positively affect economic growth through the channel of human capital accumulation, expressed in the composite index based on the Barrow- Lee database of average years of schooling for the working- age population, adjusted for the quality and return of education. The study made the following recommendations: interest to international education indicators data, as it is the basis for managing the educational system. Study more government spending policies on education to reveal its role in human capital accumulation and economic growth.: interest to human capital when formulating government policies, targeting its development, and increasing its contribution to GDP.

The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

1988 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Donald C. Holsinger ◽  
David E. Long ◽  
Bernard Reich
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
The Government

scholarly journals The Evolution of HTA as a Coverage Decision-Making Tool in the Middle East and North Africa Region

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. A550
Author(s):  
C Chui ◽  
M McGee ◽  
T Rodrigues ◽  
C Lockwood ◽  
G Ando
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Coverage Decision ◽  
Decision Making Tool
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