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King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t abdicate考研历年真题pdf, they dare in their sleep.” Butembarrass- ing

scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and

stand down. So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is

on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?

The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion is particularly

plorised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a

spirit of national unity.

It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs’ continuing popularity polarized. And also,

the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world,with 10 kingdoms (not counting

Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia考研历年真题pdf, most royal families have

survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be,their

very history—and sometimes the way they behave today – embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and

inequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the

increasing power of inherited wealth考研历年真题pdf, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart

of modern democratic states.

The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Princes and princesses

have day-jobs and ride bicycles,not horses (or helicopters). Even so考研历年真题pdf, these are wealthy families who party with the

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