The Attitudes of Jordanian Voters Towards the New Local Administration Law No. (25) of 2021
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Trends, Voters, The New Local Administration Law No. (25) of 2021Abstract
This study aimed to reveal the attitudes of Jordanian voters towards the new Local Administration Law No. (25) for the year 2021, and to achieve this goal, a random sample of those entitled to vote under this law were selected and had previously seen the law, amounting to (173) from different governorates of Jordan. A measurement of attitudes out from demographic characteristics was built, whether or not to participate in the previous decentralization elections, the source of reviewing the new Local Administration Law No. (25) for the year 2021, the reasons for reviewing the new Local Administration Law No. (25) of 2021) and the scale also included (19) items divided into three areas: Trends towards the method of forming decentralization councils in the new local administration law, and trends toward the powers of decentralization councils in the new local administration law that has (7) items, and trends toward participating in the upcoming decentralization elections in light of the new local administration law. After verifying its validity and reliability, it was applied to the sample members, where the results showed that the attitudes of Jordanian voters towards the new Local Administration Law No. (25) for the year 2021 ranged between medium and few. The results also showed no statistically significant differences due to the variables of gender, age, and educational qualification, current job, place of residence, and political orientation. In light of these results, the studies came out with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is to reconsider the new local administration law through its including the inclusion of actual powers that provide councils with opportunities to carry out development operations more effectively
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