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What Is the monarchy for? / Laura Clancy.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clancy, Laura, author.
- Series:
- What is it for?
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monarchy--Great Britain.
- Monarchy.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--2007-.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Does the British monarchy still have a place in today’s society? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘exit’ cast light on institutional racism, multiple allegations around Prince Andrew highlighted troubling attitudes to gender and power, while the abolition of monarchy in Barbados accentuated its relationship to colonialism. But what is the monarchy actually for? Does it benefit the UK, or cause more harm than good? The death of Queen Elizabeth II and the dawn of the Carolean age makes these questions more pertinent than ever. Breaking longstanding myths around the monarchy, Clancy demystifies and evaluates the monarchy, showing why republicanism is nothing to be scared of.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- part I. Real Power. Stability and Continuity? ; Ensuring Democratic Legitimacy?
- part II. Soft Power. The Great Unifier? ; The Ultimate Celebrities? ; Public Servants?
- part III. Hidden Power. Post-colonial? ; Custodians of the Land? ; Twenty-first Century Feminists?
- part IV. What's Next?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781529234640
- 1529234646
- OCLC:
- 1504536992
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