03915nam a22005895i 4500 978-981-97-4327-8 DE-He213 20251030112610.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240702s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819743278 978-981-97-4327-8 10.1007/978-981-97-4327-8 doi D31-34 JPA bicssc HBT bicssc POL010000 bisacsh JPA thema NHT thema Kimizuka, Naotaka. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79946 Constitutional Monarchy of the Twenty-First Century [electronic resource] / by Naotaka Kimizuka. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XI, 159 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Introduction -- What is a Constitutional Monarchy? -- The Formation of British Constitutional Monarchy -- The Completion of British Constitutional Monarchy -- The Modern British Royal Family -- The Nordic Royal Families – the Leading-edge of Modern Monarchy -- The Royal Households of the Benelux Countries – An Example of Abdication during Lifetime -- The Future of Monarchy in Asia -- Conclusion: Can the Japanese Maintain the Symbolic Emperor System?. This is the first book to investigate how constitutional monarchy could survive in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, during which many monarchies were overthrown by revolutions or coups d’état in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Today we have about 200 countries in the world, but there are only 28 which have their own monarchical sovereigns – emperor, king, queen, grand duke, prince, sultan or emir – and even if we add the Commonwealth realms to these, we would find almost three-quarters of the globe are republics at this moment. So will monarchy disappear from human history in the not-too-distant future? This book shows how the European monarchs have played important roles not only as heads of state, but also as heads of nation, in which they are symbols of unity and national identity, of continuity and stability, fountainheads of national achievement and success, and supporters of social service. Consequently they have grappled with difficult contemporary issues such as social welfare, the global environment, the protection of wildlife, multiculturalism and the LGBT movement which national governments would not be able to deal with sufficiently in each country. This book also suggests reforming the existing emperor system of Japan in reference to the activities of European constitutional monarchy. World politics. 58105 Europe Politics and government. 69875 Comparative government. 67598 Europe History 1492-. 68968 Great Britain History. 66701 Political History. 67817 European Politics. 69876 Comparative Politics. 60386 History of Modern Europe. 72822 History of Britain and Ireland. 66703 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819743261 Printed edition: 9789819743285 Printed edition: 9789819743292 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4327-8 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 61298 61298