Two Contemporary Royal Houses
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The purpose of this research is to examine two contemporary royal houses, those of Spain and England, with a view toward identifying how they function and the strategies they use to promote the goals of their respective countries. The plan of the research will be to set forth each of the monarchies in the context of contemporary political and social history and then to discuss attributes of each entity that are relevant to the implementation of the goals of the countries. Comparisons and contrasts will be made between the English and Spanish cases with a view toward evaluating relative effectiveness and forecasting possible lines of development.The course of the 20th century was marked by the devolution of the monarchies of Western Europe that had been decisive markers of history since the time of Charlemagne. A combination of petty and great wars and various kinds and degrees of cultural transformation between the 10th and 20th centuries dispossessed petty and great princes of their thrones. The growing momentum of republican/democratic government, evolution of political and social theory, and revolutionary dynamics had the effect of demystifying what was not dethroned in a context of political rivalries and missional regime change. In some cases, such as that of Russia, the royal family was altogether disposed of by the Bolshevik revolution as a guarantor of permanent regime change. Two European monarchies showed a remarkable resilience regarding their traditional roles in
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o a civilian modus operandi. However, social reforms seem to have formed no part of RiveraÆs vision.
At complete variance in the kingdom were the peasantry, desperately poor because of an antiquated and unequal agrarian structure, a Church that was enormously rich and almost completely in control of education, an inefficient, costly, and privileged military class, and a monarchy and semifeudal aristocracy which fostered reaction (Spain, 1971, p. 103).
Even more important to the fate of the Spanish monarchy in the 20th century, RiveraÆs approach to governance in Spain was ôtoleratedö by Alfonso XIII (Powell, 1996). Such toleration, in concert with SpainÆs retarded level of development vis-a-vis other countries of Western Europe, had consequences. Powell says that it guaranteed that AlfonsoÆs reign ôwould not long outlast the dictatorshipö (1996, p. 1). Widespread opposition to RiveraÆs policies became so intense that in 1930 he was forced out of office, which was another blow to the prestige of the monarchy. Governments that succeeded Rivera, including two military governments, also failed. Republican advocates forced municipal elections in 1931 (the first free elections ever held in Spain), and they were overwhelmingly successful.
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