Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 170-176Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.03.018
Keywords
Shadow state; Water politics; Hydropolitics; Jordan; Tribes; Water scarcity
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- Arab Council of the Social Sciences (ACSS)
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
- Sir Richard Stepley Educational Trust
- Royal Geographical Society - The Dudley Stamp Memorial Trust
- Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust
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This article shed light on the shadow state, investigating who belongs to it, their interests, and their relation to the water sector. This is important because Jordan is known to be among the most water scarce countries in the world and some water professionals see in the shadow state an obstacle to implementing successful water policies, resulting to be one of the main reasons behind inefficiencies in the water sector in the country. Furthermore, an in-depth investigation of the relation between the shadow state and the water sector is needed. This article makes a contribution by analysing the current challenges posed by the shadow state to efficient operations of the water institutions as well as wider government, and the difficulties they encounter in responding with reforms in Jordan. This analysis will serve policy makers and water professionals to better understand how to navigate the complex Jordanian water sector. This is particularly important nowadays in order to ensure socio-economic and political stability of Jordan in the aftermath of the so-called Arab Spring.
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