Abstract
Objectives: The objective of the article is to analyze the street protests that took place from June to November 2018 against the reforms forced by the IMF.
 Method: The research method utilized for this research is the qualitative method.
 Results: Consequently, the following results were determined: The 2018 demonstrations differed from the previous protests because of civil society’s cohesiveness in organizing and leading the demonstrations with almost no violence. From the authors’ perspective, the external pressures outweighed the internal pressures. Changes to the social contract were a definitive reason for the protests. The protests achieved some of the goals that they had set out to achieve. These protests were not a form of reignited “Arab Spring.”
 Conclusion: In conclusion, While Jordan has seen street protests from time to time, these demonstrations while they were different, are not the beginnings of a new “Arab Spring”. Rather, they were some of the most effective protests in the last 2 decades contract were a definitive reason for the protests. The protests achieved some of the goals that they had set out to achieve. These protests were not a form of reignited “Arab Spring”.
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