Abstract
The Saudi Arabia having patrimonial government politically system and unique nature of power structure that all political affairs set in Ale Saudi dynasty. Government system is traditional and dependent to person and persons of dynasty are absolute rulers and away from criticism and ruler willing prefer to law. Despite of authoritarian and monarchy system and non-democracy development in Saudi Arabia special now that kind of government system isn’t acceptable side of dominant discourse of global community, this country could rely on oil produce regarding to rentier state features have active representation in international communities and too in home sue achievement to legitimacy and vindication. the interests of state-building and to reinforce its legitimacy, which is hardly the act of a state free of interests. Saudi Arabia is also an archetypal example of a state that still faces influence from actors within the state and elite structures, i.e. princes, senior officials, and clerics, among others. In this article analysis rentier state effect on non-democracy development in case study of the Saudi Arabia and research claim is that in nature of relations between rentier state and non-democracy development exist negative correlation. Namely whatever government income dependent to oil export and state economic nature has been independent from peoples, will be decrease from democratic charge in political dimension. This country by oil produce and effect to world powers economies cause that be complex government structure under monarchy system and use endowment of oil rent. Now observe modern dictatorship that despite of economic and social reforms side if internal, regional and international pressures in general dimension of society, will be non-democratic politically structure.
Highlights
Cultural pluralism domination instead social pluralism where societies not pass nation building period can be obstacle of democracy in short term
Saudi Arabia except of geographical importance by holy Islamic places for muslims, geopolitically and geo-strategically is biggest of Arabia country in Persian gulf region and too is greatest oil producer in global level and provider of oil importing in rete of 50 percent daily needs of the United states of America. While this strategical relations extend every day with liberal capitalism polar that Saudi Arabia is one of the numerable societies with having sever socio-political close monarchy system in the world
Rentier state regarding to features as natural endowment for political sovereignty for spend of rule political structure prefers and its intents at society
Summary
Cultural (ethnic) pluralism domination instead social (liberal) pluralism where societies not pass nation building period can be obstacle of democracy in short term. Active sphere of public that including mass of people, political parties, powerful press but current reality in middle east indicate one of important democracy barricade , refer to their monarchy government model and autocratic. On this base middle east countries political systems are traditional and conservative and systems legitimacies refer to monarchy divine rights and tribal and religious roots. Oil dollars disposal an independent resource for Arabia governments to use for retain and reproduce of their legitimacies On this base raise Arab state relative home independent and power from dependent of oil incomes influx of abroad. He explain natural resources incomes like that oil, make less pressure for democracy building than incomes rising accumulation of human and physical capital
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