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Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

1983

Abstract

This paper reviews social policy and its effect on education and public health in Mexico and Saudi Arabia during the period from 1950 to 1980. A case study approach is employed to test the hypothesis that both Mexican and Saudi Arabian social policy was patterned after the Western European model of modernization, and that this emulation approach limited the effectiveness of education and public health efforts as measured by literacy rates, educational level, replacement of expatriates (only in Saudi Arabia), life expectancy, nutritional level, and incidence of disease associated with underdevelopment. It is argued that this approach was inefficient both because it was not tailored to the particular needs of these two countries and it created conflict with certain inherent cultural values and predispositions.

Comments

MA - Master of Arts; ProQuest publication number 31751890

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