2. Centralization
In Jordan, the policy of decision making is governed by law, with decisions made by central authorities. Although the law identifies the municipality as an autonomous organization that has its own financial and administrative independence, municipal decision making is often centralized (Alnsour & Meaton, 2009). This is largely because many articles of the Municipalities' Law of 1955 limit the power and the autonomy of the municipalities and create a relationship of dependence and subordination to the state (Alnsour, 2014). For example, although each municipality is managed by a council comprised of a Mayor and six to eleven elected councilors, the state assigns an unelected manager for each municipality. In addition the law does not impose specific