5,258 research outputs found
Marriage record of Fletcher, Thomas W. and Jordan, Mary Etta
No full textMarriage license for Thomas W. Fletcher and Mary Etta Jordan. G.B. Wells was the Notary Public
Photograph of Percy Fletcher
No full textColor photograph of Percy Fletcher. Insert reads: "Percy and Blanche Fletcher. 'Dear' and 'Perce,' as they called each other, reared eight children: Dorothy Etta Steele, Elizabeth Weaver Jordan, Walter Lawrence Fletcher, Percy Reginald Fletcher, Blanche Inez Flamer, Shirley May Delany, Marjorie Beatrice Kaufman and William Gerald Fletcher.
Photograph of Blanche W. Fletcher
No full textColor photograph of Percy Fletcher. Insert reads: "Percy and Blanche Fletcher. 'Dear' and 'Perce,' as they called each other, reared eight children: Dorothy Etta Steele, Elizabeth Weaver Jordan, Walter Lawrence Fletcher, Percy Reginald Fletcher, Blanche Inez Flamer, Shirley May Delany, Marjorie Beatrice Kaufman and William Gerald Fletcher.
Islamist movements at crossroads: the choice between ideology and context-driven approach to politics. Case study on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
No full textThe aim of the paper is to analyse the ongoing transformation process within the Islamist movements using the example of the moderate Islamic Action Front party in Jordan. The dilemma of participation in the 2010 general elections raised tensions between the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front, and between doves and hawks of the same organizations. Internal debate on the future has started recently among different groups within the Islamist movement in Jordan. The research is based on the author‘s recent field experience in Jordan (April–July 2010, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the American Centre of Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan). The author also conducted research in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt, where several interviews were carried out with leading and lower level Islamist politicians. The dynamic changes within Islamic Action Front Party in Jordan and its relation with the regime has been used as reference point. The main question of the research was aa how the changing political and regional context shapes decisions of the Islamist with special attention to the acceptance of democratic values and human rights, political participation, and the meanings of Islamic values in the 21st century, possible cooperation with secular parties/movements/the regime
The Compliance with Intellectual Property Laws and their Enforcement in Jordan- A post-WTO Review & Analysis
No full textThis thesis examines the implementation, enforcement and evolution of IP laws and regulations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The period of interest includes the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty first century, with emphasis on the role played by Free Trade Agreements struck between Jordan and the United States, the European Union, and Jordan’s accession to the World Trade Organization.
This thesis also examines the enforcement of the current set of IP laws in Jordan, and looks at their social and economic compatibility with the Jordanian societal norms and economic realities.
This thesis argues that Jordanian IP laws lack a meaningful social and economic texture, and have failed to be evenly enforced in Jordan, essentially because they do not fit the Jordanian culture and are not compatible with Jordan’s economic stage of development. Additionally, the thesis argues that IP laws have had insignificant economic impact on the Jordanian economy as the majority of technologies used in Jordan, and the majority of foreign direct investments attracted to Jordan, are not IP related. Finally, the thesis argues that the current Jordanian enforcement model, which is built on coercion by donor countries, is serving the interests of foreign companies to the exclusion of the local citizens, and will not, in the long run, produce an enforcement model based on self-regulation by Jordanians, themselves. The laws, therefore, are unable to produce tangible results for the Jordanian people, or help meet their economic interests.
The last part of the thesis deals with recommendations and suggestions aimed at creating an integrated approach to the adoption of IP policies
Narratives of ethnicity and nationalism : a case study of Circassians in Jordan
No full textThis research is an exploration of ethnic narratives of the Circassian
community in Jordan, in addition to the nationalist narratives promoted by the state
of Jordan, and their reconstruction by the research participants. This research aims to
understand how the research participants, as non-Arabs, understand and makes
sense of the Pan-Arab ethnonational narratives promoted by the state through the
‘Jordan First’ nationalist campaign and textbooks of national and civic education. It
also seeks to understand the ethnic narratives of the Circassian community. It
highlights the fact that ethnic narratives are often contextualised, and come to light
always in comparison to the other. It also shows how ethnic narratives are gendered,
can include or exclude women, and gender relations are ethnicised, or in other
words used as markers for group boundaries.
The main aim of this research is to unpack the research participants’
conceptualisations of Jordan and the Pan-Arabism, and to understand the strategies
they use to include themselves within these narratives. It intends to evaluate
whether research participants see themselves as integrated into the Jordanian society
or not. Whereas the community itself is often portrayed as integrated into the
society, because many of them are in high governmental positions, and the
ceremonial guards of the Royal Family are the Circassians, it is also important to
examine whether they believe that they are, and how. This thesis contributes to the
literature on ethnicity and nationalism based on a minority with unique profile, and
also contributes to the overall body of literature on state nationalism in the Middle
East. The research has been approached through the use of both qualitative and
quantitative data collection methods. It is based on the analysis of textbooks of
national and civic education, and the ‘Jordan First’ campaign, in addition to 13
interviews and 62 questionnaires
On Penny Jordan with Dr Val Derbyshire
No full textIn this podcast, the Categorically Romance Team are joined by Dr. Val Derbyshire and chat the bibliography of Harlequin Presents/Mills & Boon Modern Author Penny Jordan! Penny Jordan also penned names as Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock and Annie Groves
Evaluation of eGovernment websites usability in Jordan
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University on 20/12/2011.In the Information and Communications Technology era, eGovernment projects present a great opportunity for governments to offer better and quicker services to their users from the public. However, the success and the failure of these projects to achieve the expected goals depend heavily on some important aspects, mainly websites usability.
The research in this thesis focuses on the usability of eGovernment websites in Jordan as a case study, as it is one of the developing countries facing problems due to websites usability. Hence, the main aim of the research was to investigate the situation of the Jordanian eGovernment websites with a view to improving usability, as well as to propose a roadmap to reinforce websites usability in order to achieve better utilisation and a more successful eGovernment project in Jordan.
This research work achievement and major contributions have been accomplished through three stages; the first stage investigated the level of usability of eGovernment in Jordan from a manager‟s perspective. The study for this stage involved a sample of 37 managers who are in charge of managing and maintaining eGovernment projects in Jordan. The research revealed that the main problems undermining Jordanian eGovernment usability are the lack of the general usability awareness amongst management, the lack of clear usability standards and guidelines, the insufficient level of end-user involvement in the process of design and maintenance of eGovernment services, limited budgets and the lack of expert web-designers.
The second stage was to build a clear overview about the status of eGovernment websites usability in Jordan by investigating main aspects related to design that affect the success of eGovernment websites in Jordan from an end-user‟s perspective. The study for this stage involved 155 participants for testing five Jordanian eGovernment websites. It was revealed that the Jordanian eGovernment websites generally do not have a high level of usability, and that there is a lack of understanding of the needs and requirements of the end-users. In addition, the study discovered a lack of testing and monitoring of the websites, a lack of involvement of end-users, poor collaboration and coordination among government agencies, poor standardisation, and lack of trust/satisfaction.
The outcome from the early mentioned studies was used in the third stage, which has been used to establish the model to improve the usability of eGovernment websites in Jordan through a clear roadmap. The model has four components: website manager and designer, end-users, usability committee (advisory, executive), design process (usability requirements, pre-implementation test, post-implementation and maintenance). The model which was established and evaluated can be very beneficial for promoting eGovernment websites usability, in Jordan particularly and in other countries with similar backgrounds and situations.Kingdom of Jorda
Changing patterns of rent: state, private sector and donors in Jordan, 1989-2000
No full textTwo major changes since 1989 have affected the political economy of Jordan, namely: 1) The transformation from an economy primarily based on official economic assistance (an induced rentier state economy) to one primarily based on remittance income (a private sector rentier economy); and 2) The increased level of involvement of the donor community (led by the IMF and the World Bank) which has as its stated aim the desire to increase the involvement of the private sector in the economy at the expense of the state. The thesis sets out to answer the question: what does rentier theory tell us about the effects of these changes on the nature of the state and the private sector and the relationship between the two in Jordan? The study contends that an induced rentier state economy creates a different political economy (induced state rentierism) from a private sector rentier economy (private sector rentierism), both of which are different from a 'normal' market economy. Evidence for these differences can be found in the natures of the economy, the state, the private sector and the relationship between the latter two. The research question is answered with the help of four innovative models: 1) A measure of the level of the induced rentier state economy; 2) A measure of the level of the private sector rentier economy; 3) A five-continua state-market model; and 4) The characteristics of induced state rentierism. The concepts of private sector rentier economy and private sector rentierism are also introduced. The high levels of official economic assistance had by 1989 created a political economy which exhibited the characteristics of induced state rentierism: the existence of a rentier elite; state ownership and/or control of productive assets; state involvement in the market; the use of the economy by the state for political purposes; and the co- optation of the private sector institutions by the state. The state and the rentier elite's raison d’être had become one of maintaining control of and access to the flows of rent. Despite the two aforementioned transformations, the study concludes that: 1) Both the state and the rentier elite have been able to continue to rent-seek—albeit in a reduced and different format; 2) The economy has moved slightly towards the market- end of the state-market continuum, as the role of state has altered from one of direct control to one using indirect methods, such as regulation; and 3) The features of induced state rentierism have been reduced slightly, while the features of both private sector rentierism and the market economy have been strengthened slightly
Upcycling of Derelict Furniture in the University of Jordan
No full textتبحث هذه الدراسة في قابلية إعادة تدوير قطع الأثاث المهملة في الجامعة الأردنية إلى لغة جمالية يمكن قراءتها لإنتاج قطعة أثاث جديدة بصياغة فنية ووظيفية تتفاعل مع الإنسان وتلبي احتياجاته، من خلال طرح مجموعة من التساؤلات: ما هي الآليات التي اتكأ عليها الطالب لإعادة تدوير قطع الأثاث المهملة في الجامعة الأردنية؟ كيف ساهمت إعادة تدوير قطع الأثاث المهملة في الجامعة الأردنية في الحد من التلوث البيئي والحصول على فائدة اقتصادية؟ كيف شكل الطالب قطع الأثاث القديمة في صياغات تصميمية عصرية؟ أجرى الباحث دراسة وصفية تحليلية لعينات قصدية وعددها خمسة مجموعات وبعد دراسة تحليلية لمجموعة من النماذج خلُص البحث إلى العديد من النتائج أهمها: نجح الطالب في إعادة صياغة تصاميم الأثاث القديم بصياغات معاصرة، من ناحية الشكل والمضمون، وآلية إعادة التدوير بالاعتماد على المزاوجة بين الخامة القديمة وبث خامات جديدة تتواشج لإنتاج صبغة جديدة وظيفيًا وجماليًا. تثوير عقل الطالب من خلال التأسيس لإعادة صياغة علاقة الإنسان بالبيئة من خلال توعيته بأهمية التدوير وجعله يتذوق بصريًا ما ينتجه الفن الناتج عن ذلك.The present study investigates the amenability of the recycling of derelict furniture in the University of Jordan into an aesthetic language which could be read to produce new pieces of furniture using a new artistic and functional formulation which interacts with the individual while fulfilling his needs, through posing a set of questions: what are the mechanisms on which the student relied to recycle the derelict pieces of furniture in the University of Jordan? How did the recycling of discarded pieces of furniture in the University of Jordan contribute to limiting environmental pollution coupled with obtaining economic benefits? How did the student fashion the old pieces of furniture into contemporary design elaborations? The author conducted a descriptive analytical study of purposive samples numbering five groups of samples, the study reached numerous conclusions, foremost of which: the student succeeded in reformulating the designs of old furniture based on modern versions, in terms of form and content, and the recycling mechanism by relying on merging the old materials with new materials which coalesce to produce a new version, both functionally and aesthetically. Moreover, the mind of the student is stimulated and provoked through laying the basis for reformulating the relationship of the individual to the environment through raising his awareness of the importance of recycling and prodding him visually to savor what is generated by art as a consequence
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