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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Definitions
1.1.1 Democracy
1.1.2 Islam and Islamism
2 The Jordanian State and Government and its (Non-) Democratic Structures
2.1 History and Political Development since Establishment of the State 1922
2.2 Political System and Democratic Structures
2.2.1.1 The Government
2.2.1.2 The Election System
2.2.1.3 Ethnic demography and the Middle Class
2.2.1.4 Civic Participation
2.2.1.5 NGOs in Jordan
2.2.1.6 Human Rights in Jordan
2.2.1.7 Women in Jordan
2.2.1.8 Freedom of Opinion & Media
2.2.1.9 Summary: Democratic Structures in Jordan
2.3 The Relevance of External Actors for Jordan
3 The Islamist Movement in Jordan
3.1 History since the Foundation of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1945
3.1.1 The Palestinian Issue
3.1.2 Establishment of the Islamic Action Front (IAF)
3.1.2.1 Islamic Action Front – Representation in Parliament
3.1.2.2 The Party’s Objectives
3.1.2.3 Methodology and Organizational Structure
3.1.2.4 The Relevance of the Islamic Center Charity Society (ICCS) in Jordan
3.1.2.5 Internal Rivalries of the IAF
3.1.2.6 Women and Women’s Issues in the IAF
3.1.2.7 Democracy as a Tool to Gain Power?
3.2 Evolution of the Brotherhoods Discourse - From Alliance with the Government to Crisis
3.2.1 The Change in the 90s and the New King Abdullah II
3.2.2 The Palestinian Issue and Hamas
3.3 Protest Movement in Jordan and the Arab Spring
3.3.1 The Role of the Middle Class in Arab Spring
3.4 The Islamists Influence on Political Reforms
3.5 Relationship between State and Islamists nowadays
4 Conclusion and Outlook
5 References
6 Attachment Table 3: TIMELINE OF POLITICAL REFORM IN JORDAN
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- Uta Freyer (Author), 2017, Democracy and Islam in Jordan, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/366026
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