Jordan’s Municipal Mess at The Black Iris of Jordan
►http://www.black-iris.com/2011/10/13/jordans-municipal-mess
Intéressant article proposant une lecture de la réforme municipale en cours en Jordanie. Après une phase de centralisation et de regroupement amorcée en 1999, la carte municipale se fragmente en réponse aux demandes "tribales".
The tribal element is quintessential. Generally, towns and districts in Jordan are dominated by specific tribes who make up the bulk of every respective town’s population. Tribes do not like to be governed by other tribes, and so tend to assert their autonomy in various ways. When the number of municipalities was drastically reduced through a national merging campaign a little under a decade ago, various districts, towns and cities found themselves under-represented. If a village is being governed by a municipal representative that lives two towns over, and belongs to another tribe, then they are likely to see little of the funding that is allocated to the municipality, which will favor the elected representative’s own locale. Some times it is indeed a matter of geography meets financial priorities, and in other cases, some have claimed that representatives play tribal favorites. Both are probably true. In essence, what is happening now is a calibration of local governance, with every tribe and town taking its share of the pie.
Pour bien comprendre le processus, il nous manque le lien avec la politique de contestation nationale et la réformes des élections parlementaires en cours.
Pour des éléments de contextualisation sur le précédent épisode municipale, voir Malkawi Fuad, 2002, « Amalgamation is a solution in Jordan », Empowering Local Government Institutions in the MENA Region, Empowering Local Government Institutions in the MENA Region, 22 janvier 2002, Beirut, LCPS. Malkawi Fuad, 2002, « Amalgamation is a solution in Jordan », Empowering Local Government Institutions in the MENA Region, Empowering Local Government Institutions in the MENA Region, 22 janvier 2002, Beirut, LCPS.