ANationalEndowmentforDemocracyNotableBookof2022Protesthasbeenakeymethodofpoliticalclaim-makinginJordanfromthelateOttomanperiodtothepresentday.Morethanmomentsofrupturewithinnormal-timepolitics,protestshavebeencentraltochallengingstatepower,aswellasreproducingit--andthespatialdynamicsofprotestsplayacentralroleintheconstructionofbothstateandsociety.Withthisbook,JillianSchwedlerconsidershowspaceandgeographyinfluenceprotestsandrepression,and,inchallengingconventionalnarrativesofHashemitestate-making,offersthefirstin-depthstudyofrebellioninJordan.Basedontwenty-fiveyearsoffieldresearch,ProtestingJordanexaminesprotestsastheyaresituatedinthebuiltenvironment,bringingtogetherconsiderationsofnetworks,spatialimaginaries,spaceandplace-making,andpoliticalgeographiesatlocal,national,regional,andglobalscales.Schwedlerconsiderstheimpactoftimeandtemporalityinthelifecyclesofindividualmovements.Throughamixedinterpretivemethodology,thisbookilluminatesthegeographiesofpoweranddissentandthespatialpracticesofprotestandrepression,highlightingthepoliticalstakesofcompetingnarrativesaboutJordan’spast,present,andfuture.
