King Faisal and the modernisation of Saudi Aarba

Acknowledgements

Introduction Willard A. Beling              9

Part I: The Creation of the Saudi State

The Saudi Monarchy George Rentz          15

Saudi Arabia in the Context of Political Development Theory         35

Ralph Braibanti

King Faisal and the First Five Year Development Plan          58

Fouad Abdul-Salam Al-Farsy

Part II: The Modernisation Process

The Modernisation of the Saudi Bureaucracy         75

Abdulrahman M. Al-Sadhan

Development of the Eastern Province: A Case Study of          90

al-Hasa Oasis Frederico S. Vidal

The US—Saudi Arabian Joint Commission on Economic          102

Co-operation John Duke Anthony

Part III: Social Change and Traditional Islam

The Practice of Law in Saudi Arabia George M. Baroody         113

Saudi Mass Media and Society in the Faisal Era                    125

William A. Rugh

The Changing Role of Women Catherine Parssinen           145

Part IV: The Islamic Foundations of Saudi Foreign Policy

King Faisal’s World View David E. Long                173

King Faisal and Pan-Islamism Abdullah M. Sindi               184

Saudi Oil Policy During King Faisal’s Era                 202

Abdulaziz H. Al-Sowayegh

The Saudi-American Relationship and King Faisal               230

Malcolm C. Peck

Notes on Contributors              248

Index              250