The Arab countries have undergone great changes from agrarian (and Animal Husbandry) society to Modern industrial civilizations after World War II. With the construction of nation-state and the modernization driving, the great changes of the social structure have taken place in Arab countries. The diversity is a basic characteristic for social structure evolution of Arab countries. The changes of ruling group caused the enormous transformation in regime, economic development, and the choice of modernization, the diplomatic idea and policies as well as social life in Arab countries. The growth of the social intermediate strata has impacted the foundation of traditional social structure, the changes of social relationship between urban and rural areas which have profound influenced on the political life, economic life and social life of Arab countries.This dissertation is to investigate the social structure and social stratification in Contemporary Arab Countries. Firstly, it analyses the theory of social structure and social stratification in Arab countries which based on the theory of Western social structure. Secondly, it analyzes and summarizes the social stratification system, the factors which result in the changes of social structure, effects and significance of the social structure changes, and the basic characteristics and types of social structure evolution of Arab Countries since World Warâ…¡. It depends on multi-disciplines intercourse of history, sociology, and statistics in methods.This dissertation includes six Parts.In the introduction, I mainly present the issues and objects will to be solved in the article, review relevant achievements, give the aims and meanings of the study, and state the framework of analysis, the writing methods and the innovation in the dissertation.In Chapter 1,I explain the research field and object which based on the western theories of social structure, and then I discuss the criterions of social structure and social stratification in Arab Countries. Chapter 2 provides the main social classes in the contemporary Arab Countries, which include upper classes (tribes and the royal members, landlords, ulema, military elite, big bourgeoisie), middle classes and lower classes (Nomads and farmers, industrial working class, foreign labor, Muslim women and nation and religious denomination). Take Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt and Syria for instance, through the analysis of the social class, social stratum and social groups in these countries, I attempt to Present social structure evolution of the Contemporary Arab Countries objectively.Chapter 3 examines the factors which result in the changes of social structure in Arab countries since World Warâ…¡, for example, social revolution, modernization, oil prosperity, agrarian reform and social relations in rural areas, urbanization and development of education.Chapter 4 analyses the influence of transformation of social structure in Arab countries. It includes reconstruction of political system, changes of political thought and foreign policy and several dimensions social change, etc.Chapter 5 discusses the basic characteristics and types of social structure evolution in Arab countries, and then focuses on the analysis of the chief obstacle to construction of Arab civil society. |