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A Political-Economic History of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate: Authoritarian State-Building and Fiscal Crisis

The Middle East journal, 2019-07, Vol.73 (2), p.242-262 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
A Political-Economic History of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate: Authoritarian State-Building and Fiscal Crisis
Author: Moore, Pete W.
Subjects: Actors ; Armed forces ; Authoritarianism ; Building authorities ; Crises ; Domestic intelligence ; Economic history ; Financial services ; General Intelligence Department ; Intelligence ; Intelligence gathering ; Intelligence service ; Intelligence services ; Jordan ; Monarchy ; Narratives ; Political economy ; Politics ; Public opinion surveys ; Public sector ; Rebellions ; Secret police ; Security services ; Society ; State building ; Terrorism ; Violence ; Writers
Is Part Of: The Middle East journal, 2019-07, Vol.73 (2), p.242-262
Description: Popular policy accounts of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) commonly detach it from the country's history, society, and political economy. By isolating and focusing on the GID's role as protector of the monarchy, one loses sight of other important effects of its historical evolution. This article explores the GID's origins in the late 1960s and 1970s and how it has evolved. It positions Jordan's security services as institutional and politicaleconomic actors contributing to the decline of the Jordanian public sector and the emergence of a fiscal crisis.
Publisher: Washington: Middle East Institute
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0026-3141
EISSN: 1940-3461
DOI: 10.3751/73.2.14
Source: ProQuest Central

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