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In the context of the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa known as the Arab Spring, Jordan has remained at the second level both on the international scene and in the analyses made of this movement. The Hashemite Kingdom, characterised by its political stability and neutral position in the various confrontations that shape regional politics, has made changes in order to avoid the political processes being experienced by some of its neighbours. In this way, from a political science point of view and with an analysis that traces the processes, the developments that have taken place in Jordan are examined, putting particular emphasis on the central role of the tribal organisation within the monarchy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First of all, this paper frames the research into political change - one of the main study areas in comparative politics - and focusses on the regions of North Africa and the Middle East, which the ranks of comparativists had barely analysed until the so-called Arab Spring. There is, consequently, a dearth of theoretical frameworks with which to approach the experiences of political change that began in 2011 with the Arab protests and revolutions. Secondly, it analyses the democratising scope of the processes of rupture and reform brought about in the political systems of the region, observing that the expectations raised by the Arab Spring have not been fulfilled, except in the case of Tunisia. Lastly, it presents and systematises the eight articles assembled in this monograph, of which the actors and dynamics of change in the region are the cornerstone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studying the Arab revolts is to study an ongoing process, and therefore it has limits which prevent us from formulating final conclusions. However, there is an academic obligation to study this process. In these times of lack of references about how to work politically among societies, the Arab uprising may offer some preliminary lessons. These lessons are not magical formulas, but dilemmas and political tensions, useful and full of questions, such as: how to construct political models, its relationship with ethnical, religious and tribal agendas, the challenges of stigmatization, and the definition of methods and means for political action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El artículo se centra en el desplazamiento de refugiados sirios en 2018. Diversos temas discutidos incluyen estadísticas de su desplazamiento, la tensión interna entre población siria, los refugiados que viven en comunidades de bajos ingresos, la movilización masiva de personas desplazadas y sus estrategias adoptadas por el Oriente Medio el gobierno para ayudar a los refugiados.

The article focuses on the political situation in the Arab world and considers the advances toward democratic participation. The author cites the "Third Arab Human Development Report" (AHDR), published by the United Nations, which adjudicates the problem to politics rather than culture. He challenges this assertion and discusses the incidence of culture and religion on the political sphere.