Explanation of the Mechanisms of Mominance Reproduction in Saudi Arabia in the Light of Arab Spring

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The purpose of this article is to answer three basic questions about the political regime in Saudi Arabia. First, how Saudi Arabia has reproduced its own dominance over the state and society? Second, why the wave of recent developments in the Middle East (the so-called Arab Spring), which led to a major transformation in countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Oman and other Arabic countries in the region, did not spread to the country and it’s regime has survived the political tsunami? Third, how such non-democratic governance at the heart of the regime, one of the most flexible regimes in the Middle East is on life? The paper tried to answer these questions by using Althusser’s theory about “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses”. The finding show that how repressive apparatus government and ideological state apparatus work together to preserve and maintain order and stability of the regime. The repressive apparatus of Al-e-Saud through coalition with Wahhabi scholars as an ideological factor to the state, relying on oil revenues and alliance with the United States of America, are four key factors that cause the reproduction of the domination of the ruling regime, the society and the country's successful from escaping the Arab spring.

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World Politics
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
September 2015
Pages 181-149

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