This covers the same point as a blog post I once read: http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2010/05/want-democracy-get-figurehead-king.html http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2010/

This covers the same point as a blog post I once read: http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2010/05/want-democracy-get-figurehead-king.html http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2010/05/want-democracy-get-figureh.... That post uses a ranking of countries by democracy to conclude that figurehead monarchs provide the most democracy of the types of government examined.