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Politics and Society in Saudi Arabia: The Crucial Years of Development, 1960-1982

Politics and Society in Saudi Arabia: The Crucial Years of Development, 1960-1982

Yizraeli, Sarah

Hardcover

African HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryUnited States Politics

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ISBN10: 0199327556
ISBN13: 9780199327553
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 3 2012
Pages: 276
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
This book provides readers with the essential context and background for a real understanding of modern Saudi Arabia. Yizraeli examines a rarely-studied topic: Saudi royal family decision-making in the process of building a modern state. She tracks in detail the internal deliberations in the formative years of development in the Kingdom, when priorities were defined. This unique strategy was first formulated by the royal family in a document known as the Ten Point Programme, which was delivered in a speech (Nov. 1962) by Crown Prince Faysal. In practice, this strategy placed severe limitations on potential social change and thwarted any reform of the political system that might have been expected had such development been carried out by more western-oriented countries. While Saudi Arabia today tries to mend past errors, particularly in its educational system, the fundamentals of the regime have remained as they were shaped during the formative decades of development. Whether Saudi Arabia will be able to modernise its society without social and religious upheaval still remains to be seen, but the course this modernisation takes will be determined by the events outlined in this book.

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