Saudi Arabia: education, social transformation, power
The article is analyzes the system of high educations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of modernization process that country, began in the 1950s. Modern educated class became the main outcome of this process. At the beginning of the 2000s this class demanded the traditional ruling class represented by the royal family and official religious establishment be included in the system of Saudi political power. The Consultative Council - the body of legislative power, appointed by the king, - became an institution, aimed at realizing political ambitions of the educated class.