God Save the Queen

The Strange Persistence of Monarchies

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Dennis Altman

Verlag:

Scribe Publications

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: YENELL7

EAN: 9781913348625

Erhältlich:

Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Mi, 15.07.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 22.80

Beschreibung

An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies. When he was deposed in Egypt in 1952, King Farouk predicted that there would be five monarchs left at the end of the century: the kings of hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades, and England. To date, his prediction has proved wrong, and while the twentieth century saw the collapse of monarchies across Europe, many democratic societies have retained them. God Save the Queen is the first book to look at constitutional monarchies globally, and is particularly relevant given the pro-democracy movement in Thailand and recent scandals around the British and Spanish royal families. Is monarchy merely a feudal relic that should be abolished, or does the division between ceremonial and actual power act as a brake on authoritarian politicians. And what is the role of monarchy in the independent countries of the Commonwealth that have retained the Queen as head of state. This book suggests that monarchy deserves neither the adulation of the right nor the dismissal of the left. In an era of autocratic populism, does constitutional monarchy provide some safeguards against the megalomania of political leaders. Is a President Boris potentially more dangerous than a Prime Minister Boris.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Dennis Altman

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Format

Buch (Softcover)

Detailformat

Taschenbuch

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