Gasymov, N. A. Saudi Arabia After the Arab Spring: Domestic Policy Processes and Reformation Prospects

Abstract: The subject under review is the institution of public administration, institution of monarchy and domestic policy processes triggered by the Arab spring. Socio-political upheavals that started in 2011 have involved almost all Arabian countries and made a great infl uence on the reformation of the scope of further political development in the region. As a part of his research, the author of the article makes an attempt to systematize analytical information about the Arab spring in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The author analyzes the reasons of social protests and purposes of opposition groups and consequences of the Arab spring for domestic political processes in Saudi Arabia. The author also makes an attempt to give a long-term outlook on the democratization process in the region. In his research the author has used applied intra-disciplinary research methods of the content analysis and event-analysis. The purpose of the analysis is to analyze the content of texts and products of communications and correspondence. In Saudi Arabia the process of modernization has assumed a very profound character which has been proved by the intensive social transformation. Within one single generation the core of the tribal social structure has been broken down and the life style of the overwhelming majority of population has been completely changed. Despite the fact that the oil reserves have made fundamental changes in the social structure of the region, there is still a need in further economic, legal and administrative transformations in order to maintain a sustainable development of the society and state and respond to all challenges of the modern world.

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