This article explores the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate's origins in the late 1960s and 1970s and how it has evolved. It positions Jordan's security services as institutional and political- economic actors contributing to the decline of the Jordanian public sector and the emergence of a fiscal crisis.

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Jul 31, 2019
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Pete Moore

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Middle East
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Global Capitalism and Transnational War Economies
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