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Political Reform in Saudi Arabia: Necessity or Luxury? Albassam, Bassam A.
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011
Publisher : Richtmann Publishing

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Since its founding in 1932, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has never had a written constitution or any form of publicparticipation in the policy process and governmental decision-making process. Since 1992, the rulers have been under increasing pressureto formulate a written constitution and to increase public participation in the policy process. As a response, Saudi rulers have enactedmany laws, which they claimed were a new constitution for the country. This paper argues that the reforms introduced in Saudi Arabiaare empty reforms that put the country’s political stability in jeopardy. In contrast, increasing public participation in the policy process willensure political stability and legitimize rulers’ authority. Thus, without political reform that guarantees citizen participation in the policyand governmental decision-making processes, the country’s political future will continue to be controlled by a small group of people (theroyal family) who often disagree amongst themselves about what is best for the country.
Money Talks: The Influence of Economic Crisis on Global Governance Albassam, Bassam A.
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): May 2012
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The economic crisis has had an influence on all aspects of life, from economic to social life, from national security togovernance, and from politics to sports. The consequences of the economic crisis of 2008 could shape the future of globalgovernance. Also, the appearance of new players in influencing and restructuring the global political system, such as private andstate-owned Transnational Corporations (TNCs), makes us rethink the ways in which we need to approach human developmentissues such as fighting corruption, supporting human rights and higher living standards, and maintaining good governancepractices worldwide. Thus, this article addresses the influence of the economic crisis of 2008 on formal and informal governance.The focus of this article is addressing the increasing of economic and political power of TNCs, especially state-owned TNCs, andtheir influence on the global political system. The conclusion reached is that International Organizations (IOs), civil societyorganizations, people, and even TNCs need to work together to reorganize the political scene with new international agreementsand IOs, because institutions and international agreements that initiated after WWII are not working affectively anymore.
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