A comparative look at the role of the new middle class in the revolution in Egypt and Saudi Arabia

By analyzing historical developments and revolutions and social movements in the last few centuries, we can say that the new middle class, considered the most influential social force and a characteristic of being modernized societies, the emergence and growth of this social class. Among the various classes, including the poor, industrial workers and upper classes, cause the new middle class in a revolutionary way; this class can be thought leaders to overcome traditional thinking and lead them to make a rational decision-making. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the new middle class is creating a revolution in Egypt and Saudi-style cross will be carried out using the library and internet resources. Accordingly, the main question is why the new middle class could play an important role in the Egyptian revolution, but while growing well in Saudi Arabia had also failed to bring the government imposes in such movement? In this regard, the research hypothesis is that the nature and type of government structure, social structure and how the face of modernity and globalization processes, factors affecting the rate is revolutionizing new middle class in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The results also show that the structural basis because the government authoritarianism, patriarchy, reinter state, civil society and freedom of weak, dependent on the government, political parties, economic and debt crisis, unemployment and poverty, high academic education, Dating with the technology, the internet and modern media, role of women, theprocess of political liberalization and modernization, etc., in the new middle class in revolutionizing Egypt and Saudi Arabia have had a key role.