History A-Level
Monarchy as a tool for regime continuity and change
What Monarchy as a tool for regime continuity and change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Monarchy as a tool for regime continuity and change
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The decision to return to monarchy in 1969 was meant to preserve the regime after Franco's death, though reformers saw a possible transition to constitutional monarchy.
Topics that use Monarchy as a tool for regime continuity and change
- Dictatorship remodelled and the transition to democracy, 1956–78 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Church–state relations
- Democratic transition and consolidation
- Economic liberalisation and state planning
- Ideological divisions within Francoism
- Negotiation and compromise in constitution-making
- Opposition and repression
- Political reform and technocracy
- Resistance from authoritarian institutions
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