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  • Essay / The Modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - 3155

    IntroductionThe modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established by King Abdulaziz bin Abdelrahman Al-Saud in 1932 (Al-Turaiqi, 2008; Albassam, 2011; BTI, 2012; Hamzawy, 2006). ; Peterson, 1984; UN, 2004). Saudi Arabia is a large country with 13 provinces (mintaqah) and 1,600,000 km2 (Albassam, 2011; UN, 2004). Saudi Arabia has the largest oil reserves in the world (UN, 2004). The Saudi political system has been monarchy since the day of the kingdom's unification (September 23, 1932) (Al-Turaiqi, 2008; Albassam, 2011; BTI, 2012; Chatham, 2011; Hamzawy, 2006; Matthes, Otto and Schützhold. , 2007; Peterson, 1984; This deeply traditional kingdom has “undergone socio-economic transformation” to a level arguably unparalleled elsewhere in the world (Peterson, 1984). These changes have been accompanied by rapid growth and evolution within the political system. Currently, Saudi Arabia is under a lot of pressure to change. In response to the Arab Spring, the Kingdom is required to occupy younger generations and women and give them the chance to participate in public affairs (Chatham, 2011). In this section, the discussion will focus on the Saudi political system, judicial system, economy and administration. The main objective here is to shed light on the administrative structure of the Saudi state. The discussion will focus on how the concept of statehood has evolved since 1932 until today, and how the ruling regime has attempted to move Saudi Arabia from a tribal system to a state system modern. Additionally, the discussion will focus on the royal family's efforts to encourage people to take on certain administrative responsibilities. The political system of the state Saudi Arabia is an Arab-Islamic country and, of course, the Constitution of the Kingdom is based on Sharia (. .... middle of paper ......ects which can employ so many Saudis King Abdullah is ready to open the possibility for two important sectors (youth and women) of society to take part in leadership (Abu -Ali, 2009).• Protect the stability of the kingdom by. improving the succession selection mechanism and by implementing numerous reforms linked to the political system, among the first reforms, these elections demonstrate the participation of women (BTI, 2012). There may be small political changes in many areas in the kingdom, but these changes happen so slowly for many reasons such as the availability of royals who resist change, the nature of the Saudi society that responds slowly to changes (due to tribal structure) (BTI, 2012). • King Abdullah encourages greater public participation in government administration..