@book{fdi:010067104, title = {{A}ctivism in {J}ordan}, author = {{L}arzilli{\`e}re, {P}{\'e}n{\'e}lope}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n {J}ordan, between censorship, repression and election rigging, political activism is limited - despite the democratic opening glimpsed in 1989. {I}n this important new book, {P}enelope {L}arzilliere charts the path of longstanding activists in {J}ordan and shows how opposition movements there have shifted from the underground to a heavily controlled public sphere. {A}ctivists discuss their motivation and commitment and the consequences their activism has had throughout their lives. {N}ot only do these accounts highlight the general conditions for political activism in a repressive regime, they also unpack the meaning individuals attach to their political journey and chosen ideology, whether communist, nationalist, {I}slamist or otherwise.}, keywords = {{REGIME} {POLITIQUE} ; {PARTI} {POLITIQUE} ; {IDEOLOGIE} ; {DEMOCRATIE} ; {COMMUNISME} ; {NATIONALISME} ; {MOUVEMENTS} {SOCIAUX} ; {ETUDIANT} ; {UNIVERSITE} ; {TRAVAIL} ; {SYNDICAT} ; {OPPOSITION} ; {ELECTION} ; {REPRESSION} ; {HISTOIRE} {DE} {VIE} ; {MILITANTISME} ; {ISLAMISME} ; {AUTORITARISME} ; {MOBILISATION} ; {FRERES} {MUSULMANS} ; {JORDANIE} ; {CISJORDANIE} ; {PALESTINE}}, address = {{L}ondres}, publisher = {{Z}ed {B}ooks}, series = {}, pages = {237}, year = {2016}, ISBN = {978-1-78360-575-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067104}, }