Martinez, Jose Ciro orcid.org/0000-0002-7960-4055 (2018) Leavened apprehensions:Bread subsidies and moral economies in Hashemite Jordan. International Journal of Middle East Studies. pp. 173-193. ISSN 1471-6380
Abstract
This article analyzes the microprocesses that imbue bread with meaning and the macropolitics that shape its subsidized provision. It begins by outlining bread's multiple forms of value and significance, some easily quantifiable, others not. It problematizes the predominant approach to studying moral economies before putting forth an alternative framework. Drawing on eighteen months of fieldwork in Jordan, the following empirical sections examine the different ways in which bureaucrats, bakers, and ordinary citizens portray the government's universal subsidy of Arabic bread. I unpack the diverse opinions encountered in the field and discuss their links to the Hashemite regime's polyvalent legitimating discourse. The article then dissects the politics of provisions that contribute to the bread subsidy's paradoxical persistence. It concludes by considering the relationship between moral economies, opposition politics, and authoritarian power in the context of Jordan's ongoing food subsidy debate.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press 2018. |
Keywords: | Anthropology,Food,Hegemony,Moral economies,Politics of provision |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2022 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2024 01:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743818000016 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0020743818000016 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185262 |
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