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European Monarchies: Guardians of Democracy? / Hazell, Robert ; Morris, Bob   Journal Article
Hazell, Robert Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract How is it possible to account for the continuing presence of monarchy in advanced social democracies? Much traditional political science assumes teleologically that monarchies inevitably transform into republics as a higher form of governance. This comparative study of the eight main European monarchies maintains otherwise: monarchy is perfectly compatible with democracy, and can help strengthen citizens’ loyalty to the system of government. Provided it delivers a politically impartial head of state, monarchy can endure indefinitely with government and popular support. In practice, the countries studied are de facto republics, but with hereditary heads of state who occupy social roles beyond the reach of quotidian politics. Monarchy’s principal danger is not republicanism, but the pressures of conflicting expectations about what is required of royal families, and the relentless intrusions of modern media in an age when royalty and celebrity are in danger of being conflated. Responses to Covid‐19 show how monarchs can speak to and for their nations in ways no partisan politician can.
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Hard times for European social democracy / Orlov, A   Journal Article
Orlov, A Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract THE 20TH CENTURY is commonly believed to be the golden age of Social Democracy even though the number of enthusiastic supporters is balanced out by the number of no less enthusiastic opponents of this idea. It is obvious, however, that the ideology and its vehicle - the socialist and social democratic parties - have figured prominently on the ideological and political scene of the contemporary world.
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