(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/)
Author: Ellen Lust | Journal of Democracy

Ellen Lust

Ellen Lust is associate professor of political science at Yale University and associate editor of the new journal Middle East Law and Governance.

April 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2

Jordan Votes: Election or Selection?

In late 2010, not long before seismic political change was to erupt across the Middle East, Jordan held parliamentary elections. Officials were eager to present these as a fresh start, but a closer look tells a different tale.