opment and administration of the country and its organizations. These attitudes and policies derived from traditional values often clash with the realities of contemporary Saudi society.
Within the context of social stratification, the process of social modernization creates social groupings which did not previously exist within the affected society, as well as changing the relationships between those social groupings already in existence within the society. In Saudi Arabia, the five year development programs created new social groupings within the
society. Among the more significant of these new social groupings are the following:
1. An educated group which is not a part of the traditional elite of the country.
2. A vastly enlarged educated group within the female segment of the population (most of these women are a part of the first group; however, their status as educated women within Saudi society is significant).
3. A middle income group within the society (prior to this development, Saudi society
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