1. Political pressure. Without this, most ruling monarchs will stay
just that. The greater the political pressure on the monarch to allow a
parliament and to negotiate with its party-based elected representatives,
and the greater the demands from society and parliament for political
power, the more likely it is that the monarch will be forced to become a
“constitutional monarch,” and then eventually have to choose between
accepting an “exit option” to DPM or being deposed. But other variables
may intervene to block such pressures. These include: