The Passage of Power
Author : Robbins Burling
Publisher : [New York] : Academic Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Robbins Burling
Publisher : [New York] : Academic Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Peter Calvert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 1987-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349089788
Author : Andrej Kokkonen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2022-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0192651943
The death of the ruler poses a significant threat to the stability of any polity. Arranging for a peaceful and orderly succession has been a formidable challenge in most historical societies, and it continues to be a test that modern authoritarian regimes regularly face and often fail. Drawing on a unique dataset of the life and fates of monarchs in all major monarchies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, The Politics of Succession documents how succession have historically been moments of violence and insecurity. Deaths of rulers were often associated with civil war, and the shadow cast by looming successions caused coups and depositions. But this book also shows that the development and spread of primogeniture - the eldest-son-taking-the-throne - mitigated the problem of succession in Europe in the period after AD 1000. The predictability and stability that followed from a clear hereditary principle outweighed the problems of incompetent and irrational rulers sometimes inheriting power. The data used in the book demonstrates that primogeniture reduced the risk of depositions and civil war following the inevitable deaths of leaders. In this way, hereditary monarchy helped create political stability and lengthen the time horizons of rulers and elites alike, thereby facilitating state-building. The book thus sheds light on the rationale of a system of leader selection that today often appears illogical and outdated - and it uses these findings to shed light on the key advantage of modern representative democracy: its ability to complete power transfers peacefully.
Author : Peter Calvert
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 29,83 MB
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Chefs d'État - Succession
ISBN : 9780312007713
Author : James Alan Downie
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 1994
Category : English literature
ISBN :
The safety of the Protestant Succession dominated politics from the Exclusion Crisis to the Forty-Five rebellion, and for more than half a century questions of religion and ideology were inextricably linked to the choice between de facto reigning monarchs and exiled Stuart Pretenders. The writings of the period are shot through with politics, and this volume in the Context and Commentary series is designed to illustrate how literature forms, modifies and reflects political ideologies.
Author : Beth Gilliland
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Dr Michael Schaich
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 2015-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1472437675
The Hanoverian succession of 1714 brought about a 123-year union between Britain and the German electorate of Hanover, ushering in a distinct new period in British history. Under the four Georges and William IV Britain became arguably the most powerful nation in the world with a growing colonial Empire, a muscular economy and an effervescent artistic, social and scientific culture. And yet history has not tended to be kind to the Hanoverians, frequently portraying them as petty-minded and boring monarchs presiding over a dull and inconsequential court, merely the puppets of parliament and powerful ministers. In order both to explain and to challenge such a paradox, this collection looks afresh at the Georgian monarchs and their role, influence and legacy within Britain, Hanover and beyond. Concentrating on the self-representation and the perception of the Hanoverians in their various dominions, each chapter shines new light on important topics: from rivalling concepts of monarchical legitimacy and court culture during the eighteenth century to the multi-confessional set-up of the British composite monarchy and the role of social groups such as the military, the Anglican Church and the aristocracy in defining and challenging the political order. As a result, the volume uncovers a clearly defined new style of Hanoverian kingship, one that emphasized the Protestantism of the dynasty, laid great store by rational government in close collaboration with traditional political powers, embraced army and navy to an unheard of extent and projected this image to audiences on the British Isles, in the German territories and in the colonies alike. Three hundred years after the succession of the first Hanoverian king, an intriguing new perspective of a dynasty emerges, challenging long held assumptions and prejudices.
Author : Susan Doran
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781781707883
This title examines the pivotal influence of the succession question on the politics, religion and culture of the post-Armada years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Although the earlier Elizabethan succession controversy has long captured the interest of historians and literary scholars, the later period has suffered from relative obscurity. This book remedies this situation. Taking a thematic and interdisciplinary approach, individual chapters demonstrate that key late Elizabethan texts - literary, political and polemical - cannot be understood without reference to the succession.
Author : Uriel Rosenthal
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 1978-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789028605589
Author : Anthony Billingsley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1135182574
Political succession is a key issue in the contemporary Middle East. In this new study the author examines the process and shows how respect for those in authority and tribal codes of loyalty have been far more influential in maintaining regimes than security institutions and political repression. The Arab world is faced by political turmoil and demands for reform. Many of the problems of the region are attributed to the form of leadership that dominates the area, leadership that is authoritarian and focused on regime survival rather than political change. The book highlights the ways in which family loyalties pervade political, economic and social life and how constitutions are being used to consolidate the power of ruling families in republics and monarchies. The volume explores the notion that the region’s rulers, monarchic and republican, are inclined to pass their power on to their sons, and evaluates the use they make of family and tribal networks to maintain their power. The work sees to demonstrate that despite economic and social problems, Arabs value stability and prefer an authoritarian family-based regime than government run by Islamist groups. Providing new insights into the influences on political succession in the Middle East, this work will be of great interests to scholars of Middle East studies, history and international relations.