When Politics and Change in AI-Karak, Jordan first appeared in 1985, it was part of a sparse, but growing, literature about intermediate-level politics in the Arab Middle East. It was an attempt to look below the national level of politics, but in a context larger than the confines of a village or a single tribe.
When Politics and Change in AI-Karak, Jordan first appeared in 1985, it was part of a sparse, but growing, literature about intermediate-level politics in the Arab Middle East. A number of works had been written on national politics, focused primarily on the capital and national institutions and figures. It was an attempt to look below the national level of politics, but in a context larger than the confines of a village or a single tribe.
