the relationship between the state and social classes According to rentier state theory

sanaz mirzaie¹

1) phd in political sociology of allametabatabaee university

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Publication : 4th International Conference Cn Humanities Psychology and Social Science(4hpsconf.com)
Abstract :
    This paper examines the relationship between state and social classes. We studied this relationship by using the rentier state theory. According to the rentier state theory when the state have rents of a raw material such as oil, could be financially independent from society and social classes placed over the community. The hypothesizes are: 1) the rentier state is independent of social class 2) social classes are not strong in such societies. In order to test these hypothesis, we should compare non- rentier state by rentier state. Therefore, our research method is comparative.Thus the government of Iran and Saudi Arabia as two rentier states and government of Turkey and Malaysia as other rentier states were chosen And the relationship between the four state social classes in each country were studied. Results of the research demonstrated that the government of Saudi Arabia and Iran due to its reliance on oil revenues is independent of social class.

Keywords : state rentier state social classes