Produced for the USAID Center for Democracy and Governance and USAID/Jordan JORDAN DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT August 2003 Guilain Denoeux, team leader and primary author, MSI Oliver Wilcox, USAID/Washington Zayyan Zawaneh, MSI The views and recommendations expressed in this report are solely those of the MSI Assessment Team and are not necessarily those of USAID or the U.S. Government. Under USAID Contract No. IQC # AEP-I-00-99-00040-00 TO #9 General Democracy and Governance Analytical Support and Implementation Services 600 Water Street, S.W. 202/484-7170 Washington, D.C. 20024 Fax: 202/488-0754 USA
[email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................. ii INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1 PART ONE: ASSESSING JORDAN’S PERFORMANCE IN THE D/G AREA.........................4 CONSENSUS .....................................................................................................4 Jordan’s “Foundational Consensus” in Historical Perspective....................4 The Impact of Political Backsliding on Consensus .....................................5 The Contentious Issues of the Electoral Law and Electoral Districting................................................................................................6 Other Areas of Disagreement over the Rules of the Game .........................7 Foreign Policy Dissonances.........................................................................8