1st Edition

Modernity and Tradition The Saudi Equation

By Fouad Al-Farsy Copyright 1990
370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1990. A country’s development does not take place in a vacuum and it was therefore essential in this earlier work that the main subject (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s development) should be set into an historical, political and social context. The original edition includes a summary of this background information, starting with the Kingdom’s geographical location and proceeding... Read more

Introduction Chapter 1 The geography of the Kingdom Chapter 2 Historical and cultural background Chapter 3 Islam, the faith on which the Kingdom is founded Chapter 4 The judicial system Chapter 5 The political system Chapter 6 Description and organizational structure of the Kingdom’s ministries Chapter 7 Description of major Government Agencies Chapter 8 Saudi Arabia and Petroleum Chapter 9 The economy Chapter 10 Planning Chapter 11 Industrial development Chapter 12 Agricultural development Chapter 13 Population and manpower resources of the Kingdom Chapter 14 Infrastructure Chapter 15 Social development Chapter 16 Education Chapter 17 Health Chapter 18 Foreign relations Chapter 19 Saudi Arabian aid to the developing world

Biography

Fouad Al-Farsy