Decoding Jordan’s Political Party Landscape in 2022: Pre Political Modernization Stage

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of the research is to identify the reality of Jordanian political parties at the beginning of 2022 AD, by revealing the size of Jordanians’ participation in political parties, the size of female participation in political parties, and the size of youth participation in political parties. And revealing the extent of the spread of political parties in the governorates through the number of their headquarters. Methods: The research relied on the bulletins issued by the Directorate of Political Parties Affairs in the Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs at the beginning of 2022 AD as a study community, where the method of analyzing the content of those bulletins was based on the unity of the subject. Results: The research found that Jordanians’ participation in political parties is low, and the female participation rate is 34.83% of the total number of affiliates to all parties. And that the volume of youth participation is one-third of the number of those affiliated with political parties, and that political parties are remarkably concentrated in the capital’s governorate at the expense of the rest of the kingdom’s governorates. Conclusions: The study recommends focusing on the importance of political parties in political action and democratic transformation in Jordan, enhancing the participation of women and youth and their involvement in political parties and the work of related programs, and working to represent political parties in all Jordanian governorates and spread among community circles.