Modern Monarchs and Democracy: Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej and Juan Carlos of Spain
The history of democracy is typically a history of struggle against monarchs and other such autocrats. The elevation of one person over others by virtue of blood and birth has come to be seen as anachronistic; yet some monarchies have managed to survive to this day. This paper analyses two examples...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs |
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| Online Access: | http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/543 |