Economic Crisis and Post-Rentier Democratization in the Arab World
The Case of Jordan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6240430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rex Brynen (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-98 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000842390000192x |
| OpenAlex | W2128871866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 22 |
The article argues that in many Arab countries the political economy of regional petroleum wealth has served to inhibit democratization. In the particular case of Jordan, petrodollar foreign aid and workers' remittances long served as a critical aspect of political stability, supporting regime neo-patrimonialism and blunting pressures for greater participation. Equally, the decline of those revenues in the late 1980s spurred the eventual collapse of the foundations upon which the old economic and political order had been built. With this came the need to negotiate a new social contract, resulting in a far-reaching process of political liberalization and partial democratization after April 1989
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |