![]() ![]() 2 This book, along with Pierre Raton’s earlier research, provides sufficient material to analyze Liechtenstein’s development. ![]() David Beattie, former British Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, published a comprehensive history of Liechtenstein in 2004. ![]() Recent scholarship, however, allows us to examine the reasons for Liechtenstein’s success. In fact, in 2003, Liechtensteiners voted to give the monarchy even more power, prompting the BBC to remark that they had “voted to make their prince an absolute monarch again.” 1 Liechtenstein’s monarchy, unlike the monarchies in most other European states, retains extensive powers and is involved in the day-today operations of government. Furthermore, many saw no need to study Liechtenstein, viewing it as an accident of history with an anachronistic political system. However, there has been little analysis of Liechtenstein’s development because the scant research that existed was in German and therefore inaccessible to most American scholars. Liechtenstein has long been recognized as one of the most free and prosperous countries in the world. ![]()
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