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Gerring, John; Wig, Tore; Veenendaal, Wouter; Weitzel, Daniel; Teorell, Jan; Kikuta, Kyosuke (2020). "Why Monarchy? The Rise and Demise of a Regime Type". Comparative Political Studies. 54 (3–4): 585–622. doi:10.1177/0010414020938090. hdl:10852/84589. ISSN 0010-4140. S2CID 225612565.
Lawrence, Adria (2023). "Why Monarchies Still Reign". Journal of Democracy. 34 (2): 47–61. doi:10.1353/jod.2023.0017. ISSN 1086-3214. S2CID 258184108.
Beemer, Cristy (2011). "The Female Monarchy: A Rhetorical Strategy of Early Modern Rule". Rhetoric Review. 30 (3): 258–274. doi:10.1080/07350198.2011.581937. ISSN 0735-0198. JSTOR 23064026. S2CID 144455583.
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2000). "The constitutional economics of autocratic succession". Public Choice. 103 (1/2): 63–84. doi:10.1023/A:1005078532251. ISSN 0048-5829. S2CID 154097838.

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Mansourov, Alexandre. "Korean Monarch Kim Jong Il: Technocrat Ruler of the Hermit Kingdom Facing the Challenge of Modernity". The Nautilus Institute. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
"Seven myths about democracy in Morocco". Archived from the original on January 9, 2026.
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Gerring, John; Wig, Tore; Veenendaal, Wouter; Weitzel, Daniel; Teorell, Jan; Kikuta, Kyosuke (2020). "Why Monarchy? The Rise and Demise of a Regime Type". Comparative Political Studies. 54 (3–4): 585–622. doi:10.1177/0010414020938090. hdl:10852/84589. ISSN 0010-4140. S2CID 225612565.
Lawrence, Adria (2023). "Why Monarchies Still Reign". Journal of Democracy. 34 (2): 47–61. doi:10.1353/jod.2023.0017. ISSN 1086-3214. S2CID 258184108.
Beemer, Cristy (2011). "The Female Monarchy: A Rhetorical Strategy of Early Modern Rule". Rhetoric Review. 30 (3): 258–274. doi:10.1080/07350198.2011.581937. ISSN 0735-0198. JSTOR 23064026. S2CID 144455583.
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2000). "The constitutional economics of autocratic succession". Public Choice. 103 (1/2): 63–84. doi:10.1023/A:1005078532251. ISSN 0048-5829. S2CID 154097838.
Chara, Jihan (October 1, 2018). "Saudi Arabia: A prince's revolution". European View. 17 (2): 227–234. doi:10.1177/1781685818803525. ISSN 1781-6858.
Middleton, John (2015). World monarchies and dynasties. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7656-8050-1. OCLC 920786632.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series. 36 (1). February 22, 1999. doi:10.1111/arbp.1999.36.issue-1. ISSN 0001-9844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/arbp.1999.36.issue-1. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Marans, Noam E. (April 9, 2015). "The Pope Francis Effect and Catholic-Jewish Relations". Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations. 10 (1). doi:10.6017/scjr.v10i1.8659. ISSN 1930-3777.

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