ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses female elected representatives’ resistance and vulnerability with regards to wasta in Jordan. It contributes to debates about the link between gender and (anti)corruption, which often utilize narrow definitions of corruption and overlook other types of integrity issues, such as wasta. Based on fieldwork in Jordan, we argue that there are three factors that come to the fore in female elected representatives’ resistance with regards to wasta, namely (1) risk aversion, (2) lack of power and networks, and (3) credibility mechanisms. Following that, we explain female elected representatives’ increased vulnerability when it comes to wasta.
