Jordan - A Country Study

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COUNTRY PROFILE GEOGRAPHY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Historical Setting THE JORDAN REGION IN ANTIQUITY ISLAM AND ARAB RULE OTTOMAN RULE CONFLICTING NATIONALISMS: ARAB NATIONALISM AND ZIONISM WORLD WAR I: DIPLOMACY AND INTRIGUE TRANSJORDAN HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN Hussein's Early Reign Crisis and Realignment Development and Disaster The Guerrilla Crisis WAR AND DIPLOMACY THE RABAT SUMMIT CONFERENCE AND AFTER Relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization Jordanian-Syrian Relations The Camp David Accords and Inter-Arab Politics JORDAN IN THE 1980s In Search of a Solution to the Palestinian Problem Economic Austerity, 1981- The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment GEOGRAPHY Boundaries Topography Climate POPULATION THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY: COHESION AND CONFLICT Ethnicity and Language Tribes and Tribalism Villages Palestinians Urban Areas and Urbanization Migration KINSHIP, FAMILY, AND THE INDIVIDUAL Family and Household Family Relationships Changing Social Relations and Values Women and Work RELIGIOUS LIFE Tenets of Sunni Islam Islam in Social Life Islamic Revival Religious Minorities EDUCATION HEALTH AND WELFARE Chapter 3. The Economy STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE ECONOMY GDP by Sector The Late 1980s Deflation External Debt Devaluation Austerity Measures THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT The Budget Expenditures Revenue and Taxation Development Planning The 1986-90 Five-Year Plan Long-Range Planning LABOR FORCE Labor Emigration Remittance Income Labor Force and Unemployment INDUSTRY Manufacturing Industrial Policy Electricity Generation TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Transportation Railroads Ports Civil Aviation and Airports Telecommunications NATURAL RESOURCES Potash Oil and Gas Water AGRICULTURE Agricultural Development Cropping and Production Livestock INTERNATIONAL TRADE Composition of Exports and Imports Direction of Trade BANKING AND FINANCE Chapter 4. Government and Politics THE CONSTITUTION THE GOVERNMENT The King The Council of Ministers The Legislature The Judiciary Local Administration THE POLITICAL SETTING The Political Elite Political Dissent and Political Repression The Palestinians and the Palestine Liberation Organization FOREIGN POLICY Relations with Israel Relations with the Arab States Relations with the United States Relations with Other Countries Membership in International Organizations MEDIA Chapter 5. National Security SECURITY: A PERENNIAL CONCERN Dimensions of the Military Threat Internal Security The Palestinian Factor THE MILITARY HERITAGE Historical Role World War II to 1967 June 1967 War and Aftermath THE MILITARY IN NATIONAL LIFE THE ARMED FORCES Army Air Force Defense Spending PERSONNEL: COMPOSITION, RECRUITMENT, AND TRAINING Conscription Women in the Armed Forces Conditions of Service Ranks and Insignia Training and Education People's Army and Reserves MILITARY RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES Meeting Jordan's Equipment Needs in the 1980s Military Cooperation with the United States Military Cooperation with Other Arab States THE INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM Police Forces General Intelligence Department CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Code Incidence of Crime Procedures in Criminal Law Martial Law Courts Penal System

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