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Vitamin or poison?
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Vitamin or poison?
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wasta and politics in Jordan
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Jones
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Douglas Andrew
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1988-
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Davis
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Kelemen
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Roger Daniel
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Kaufman
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Robert R
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Marc
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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Relations between Arab citizens and their governments are often mediated by the practice of wasta, an Arabic term that involves favoritism, patronage, influence, clientelism, nepotism, and similar social issues. Arabs report they must use wasta in any number of interactions, from getting a job to cutting through bureaucratic red tape. Up until this point, the literature on wasta has found little agreement as to whether wasta is, in fact, a form of corruption. In this project, I argue that while wasta may "work" on the small scale, binding together groups, providing material benefits, and keeping patrons in power, it has a negative impact on citizen attitudes toward politics and governance in three areas: belief in political agency, assessment of political leaders and institutions, and opinions on the likelihood of meaningful political reform. Thus, on a large scale, wasta has a detrimental impact on Jordan's political culture. Using data from the Arab Barometer survey, forty- seven interviews, and a novel public opinion collection tool called FADFED, I analyze the case of Jordan in order to analyze this hypothesis.
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Political Science
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Social capital
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Conflict management--Jordan
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Jordan--Social life and customs
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by Douglas Andrew Jones
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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