The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy

European Monarchies Compared
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5099-4455-2
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

How much power does a monarch really have? How much autonomy do they enjoy? Who regulates the size of the royal family, their finances, the rules of succession? These are some of the questions considered in this edited collection on the monarchies of Europe.

The book is written by experts from Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It considers the constitutional and political role of monarchy, its powers and functions, how it is defined and regulated, the laws of succession and royal finances, relations with the media, the popularity of the monarchy and why it endures.

No new political theory on this topic has been developed since Bagehot wrote about the monarchy in The English Constitution (1867). The same is true of the other European monarchies. 150 years on, with their formal powers greatly reduced, how has this ancient, hereditary institution managed to survive and what is a modern monarch's role? What theory can be derived about the role of monarchy in advanced democracies, and what lessons can the different European monarchies learn from each other?

The public look to the monarchy to represent continuity, stability and tradition, but also want it to be modern, to reflect modern values and be a focus for national identity. The whole institution is shot through with contradictions, myths and misunderstandings. This book should lead to a more realistic debate about our expectations of the monarchy, its role and its future. The contributors are leading experts from all over Europe: Rudy Andeweg, Ian Bradley, Paul Bovend'Eert, Axel Calissendorff, Frank Cranmer, Robert Hazell, Olivia Hepsworth, Luc Heuschling, Helle Krunke, Bob Morris, Roger Mortimore, Lennart Nilsson, Philip Murphy, Quentin Pironnet, Bart van Poelgeest, Frank Prochaska, Charles Powell, Jean Seaton, Eivind Smith.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hazell, Robert

Morris, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I
DEFINING THE PROJECT
1. Genesis of the Book

Robert Hazell and Bob Morris
2. Monarchy in the Constitutional Texts

Robert Hazell

PART II
MONARCHICAL FUNCTIONS
3. Constitutional Functions of the Monarchy

3.1. Introduction

Robert Hazell
3.2. Constitutional Functions of the Monarchy in the UK

Robert Hazell
3.3. The Monarch's Constitutional Functions in Denmark

Helle Krunke
3.4. The King and Public Power in the Minimalist Monarchy of Sweden

Henrik Wenander
3.5a. Constitutional Functions in the Netherlands

Rudy Andeweg
3.5b. The Netherlands: From Personal Regime to Limited Role

Paul Bovend'Eert
3.6. Constitutional Functions in Belgium

Quentin Pironnet
3.7. Constitutional Functions in Norway

Eivind Smith
3.8. Luxembourg: Grand Duke Henri's Refusal, in 2008, to Sign the Bill Legalising Euthanasia

Luc Heuschling
3.9. Spain: The Coup of February 1981

Charles Powell
3.10. Conclusions

Robert Hazell
4. Day-to-Day Political Functions of the Monarchy

4.1. Introduction

Robert Hazell
4.2a. The King and the Government in the Netherlands

Paul Bovend'Eert
4.2b. Political Functions of the Dutch Monarchy

Rudy Andeweg
4.3. Day-to-Day Political Functions of the Monarch in Denmark

Helle Krunke
4.4. Day-to-Day Political Functions of the Monarchy in the UK

Robert Hazell
4.5. Political Functions of the Monarchy in Norway

Eivind Smith
4.6. Political Functions of the Monarchy in Sweden

Henrik Wenander
4.7. Political Functions of the Monarchy in Belgium

Quentin Pironnet
4.8. Conclusions

Robert Hazell
5. Ceremonial Functions of Monarchy

5.1. Introduction

Bob Morris
5.2. Monarchies and Religion in Europe

Frank Cranmer
5.3. The Religious Dimension of Monarchy

Ian Bradley
5.4. Norway: Ceremonial Functions

Eivind Smith
5.5. European Royal Ceremonial Functions: Summary

Bob Morris
5.6. Conclusions

Bob Morris
6. Service and Welfare; and International Functions

6.1. Introduction

Bob Morris
6.2. Welfare: The Feminisation of the British Monarchy

Frank Prochaska
6.3. Service: How Monarchies have to be seen to be Believed

Bob Morris
6.4. State Visits Made and Received by the British and other European Monarchical Heads of State
Philip Murphy
6.5. State Visits Made and Received by King Juan Carlos I and King Felipe VI of Spain

Charles Powell
6.6. Conclusions

Bob Morris

PART III
REGULATING MONARCHY
7. Regulation of the Monarchy: Regulating the Size of the Royal Family, the Line of Succession, and Royal Finances

7.1. Introduction

Bob Morris
7.2. Defining a Royal House: Continental Monarchy and the Netherlands

Bart van Poelgeest
7.3. Norway

Eivind Smith
7.4. Sweden

Axel Calissendorff
7.5. The UK

Bob Morris
7.6. Gender Equality and the Line of Succession

Olivia Hepsworth
7.7. Comparative Summary and Conclusions

Bob Morris
8. Constraints on the Monarchy

8.1. Introduction

Robert Hazell
8.2. The Royal Family's Lack of Human Rights

Robert Hazell
8.3. Constraints on the Monarchy and Royal Family in Sweden

Axel Calissendorff
8.4. Constraints on the Monarchy and Royal Family in Norway

Eivind Smith
8.5. Education, Training and Career Choices of Heirs Apparent

Olivia Hepsworth
8.6. Conclusions

Robert Hazell
9. The Monarchy, Public Opinion and the Media

9.1. Introduction

Robert Hazell
9.2. Modern Forms of Legitimisation of the Monarchy

Helle Krunke
9.3. Polls and Public Opinion

Roger Mortimore
9.4. The Legitimacy of the Swedish Monarchy: The Different Perceptions of Parliamentarians, Journalists and the People

Lennart Nilsson
9.5. The Monarchy, 'Popularity', Legitimacy and the Media

Jean Seaton
9.6. Conclusions

Robert Hazell

PART IV
CONCLUSIONS
10. Towards a New Theory of European Monarchy

Robert Hazell and Bob Morris

Über Autor(innen)

Hazell, Robert
Robert Hazell is Professor of Government and the Constitution, in the Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, UCL, UK.

Morris, Bob
Dr Bob Morris is Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Constitution Unit at University College London, UK, where he has led the Unit's work on monarchy, church and state. Previously he was the Under Secretary in the Home Office responsible for constitutional affairs, including royal and ecclesiastical matters.

Robert Hazell was the founder and first Director and Bob Morris is an honorary Senior Research Associate, both at the Constitution Unit, University College London.