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	Constitutional monarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Today, constitutional monarchy is almost always combined with representative democracy, and represents theories of sovereignty which places sovereignty in the hands of the people, and those that see a role for traditions in the theory of government.
		There have been monarchies which have coexisted with constitutions which were fascist (or quasi-fascist), as was the case in Italy, Japan and Spain, or those in which the government is run as a military dictatorship, as was the case in Thailand.
		Historically, when monarchies have been abolished the royal family was usually exiled to a foreign country to prevent their presence from interfering or distracting from the new republican government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitutional_monarchy (2203 words)

	Encyclopedia: Popular monarchy
		Popular Monarchy is a system of monarchical governance which came into occasional usage in the nineteenth century1 in which the monarchs title is linked with the people, rather than the state.
		Popular music is music Music is a natural intuitive phenomenon operating in the three worlds of time, pitch, energy, and under the three distinct and interrelated organization structures of rhythm, harmony, and melody.
		Now popular music is distributed via mass media Mass media is a term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Popular-monarchy (528 words)

	Constitutional monarchy
		Modern constitutional monarchies usually implement the concept of trias politica, and have the monarch as the (symbolic) head of the executive branch.
		Today, constitutional monarchy is almost always combined with representative democracy, and represents a compromise between theories of sovereignty which place sovereignty in the hands of the people, and those that see a role for tradition in the theory of government.
		It is said in constitutional monarchies that the monarch "reigns but does not rule." Most modern constitutional monarchies owe their origins to systems in which the monarch not merely reigned but governed, as in the absolute monarchies which replaced aristocratic systems in the Renaissance.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/constitutional_monarchy.html (1996 words)

	Wikinfo \| Constitutional monarchy
		A constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as a Head of state).
		Queen Rania of Jordan states starkly that the difference between ruling a monarchy and ruling a democracy is that, in the latter, an error costs at most the next election, whereas a monarch might well lose their head.
		The concept of constitutional monarchy owes its origins to the absolute monarchies for the later middle ages, where governmental authority was exercised by the monarch and his (or in rare occasions her) government.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Constitutional_monarchy (1721 words)

	Constitutional monarchy Article, Constitutionalmonarchy Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Today, constitutional monarchy is almost always combined with representative democracy, and represents a compromise between theories of sovereignty which placesovereignty in the hands of the people, and those that see a role for tradition in the theory of government.
		The concept of constitutional monarchy owes its origin to the absolute monarchies of the later Middle Ages, wheregovernmental authority was exercised by the monarch and his (or in rare occasions her) government.
		It is said in constitutional monarchies that the monarch "reigns but does not rule." Most modern constitutional monarchies owetheir origins to systems in which the monarch not merely reigned but governed, as in the absolute monarchies which replaced aristocratic systems in the Renaissance.
	www.anoca.org /monarch/queen/constitutional_monarchy.html (1830 words)

	Constitutional monarchy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A constitutional monarchy (also capitalised as Constitutional Monarchy) is a system of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as a Head of state).
		In a constitutional monarchy the head of state is normally the theoretical head of the executive, producing phrases like Her Majesty's Government.
		Most modern constitutional monarchies owe their origins to past absolute monarchies, in which the monarch not merely reigned but governed.
	www.freearchive.info /co/constitutional-monarchy.html (1604 words)

	The History of Ruritania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		King David III (latest in a continuous line of monarchs from the van der Rike family) was deposed in a non-violent coup d'etat, known as the "Revolution of the Roses".
		The Roses are a reference to the traditional flag of Ruritania, four roses -- red, yellow, white and purple (representing labor, agriculture, the Ruritanian church, and the monarchy, respectively) -- on a field of green (representing tradition).
		Popular army general Sven Nordlander eventually confronted the King and forced him to abdicate.
	homepages.udayton.edu /~ahern/rurhist.htm (434 words)

	Hebrew History: The Monarchy, ~1050-926
		It's clear that the monarchy is viewed as a negative development in Hebrew history—this is amazing considering that the account is written after centuries of Israelite and Jewish monarchs.
		This conflict would form the basis of a massive change in the nature of Hebrew religion, the "prophetic revolution," which is played out against the backdrop of the incongruence between rule by Yahweh and rule by a king.
		The most far-reaching, however, of the innovations of the monarchy was the centralization of government in Jerusalem, which had been unimportant up until that point.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/HEBREWS/MONARCHY.HTM (1237 words)

	[A-List] UK state: constitutional deform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is because monarchy is fundamentally incompatible with democracy.
		It is the existence of these prerogatives that provides the most compelling reason against the monarchy and in favour of a British republic: this is because the government of the day is never as unaccountable as when it exercises, or seeks to exercise, one of these prerogative powers.
		The old myth that Britain has successfully married the traditions of its monarchy to a modern democracy may be attractive, but it is a lie.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2004-May/030336.html (1474 words)

	\| On Political Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century Latin America \| The American Historical Review, 106.4 \| The History ...
		Monarchy was discussed almost everywhere, tried in some areas—such as Mexico—and in the end dropped.
		In the republics of former Spanish America and in the Brazilian monarchy, popular sovereignty and modern representation were always the norm.
		This movement was not restricted to the enlightened elites, and broader sectors of the population, not least from the popular classes, shared the associative mood and the benefits of the print culture.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/ahr/106.4/ah0401001290.html (11963 words)

	§4. Strength of the Tudor Monarchy and Popular Sentiment. XIV. Some Political and Social Aspects of the Later ...
		Strength of the Tudor Monarchy and Popular Sentiment.
		The primary cause of these results, without which the achievement of them is inconceivable, was the principle of that monarchy itself, which supplied unity and strength, and made possible the direct control of national action by individual intelligence.
		This point is well brought out by Erich Marcks, in his admirable popular essay, Königin Elisabeth von England (1897), p.
	www.bartleby.com /215/1404.html (242 words)

	CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION - Wednesday, 4 February 1998
		Popular elections for presidents, gender balance, a bill of rights, changes to the preamble to the Constitution and `resident for president' all have a superficial appeal.
		When we came we did not care if Australia was a monarchy or a republic; we were looking for economic success and security, in common with thousands of other migrants.
		I am personally keen to see a preamble to the Constitution which recognises popular sovereignty of the Australian people and the indigenous peoples as the original inhabitants with a culturally diverse but united and cohesive nation of citizens who have come from every corner of the globe.
	www.australianpolitics.com /issues/republic/convention/04_02_8.shtml (8013 words)

	List of Belgian monarchs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The latter phrase indicates a popular monarchy linked to the people of Belgium, whereas the former would indicate standard constitutional or absolute monarchy linked to territory and a state.
		The now abolished Greek monarchy similarly was titled "King of the Hellenes", indicating a personal link with the people, not just the state.
		His whether he were not of too luxurious a turn to undertake any cause left the whole of an immense fortune to the count.html">count.html">count, as her favorite to which few men were, constitutionally, better disposed.
	www.findword.org /li/list-of-belgian-monarchs.html (403 words)

	English Dissenters: Fifth Monarchists or Fifth Monarchy Men
		The Fifth Monarchy Men or the Fifth Monarchists were a quasi-political religious movement which was prominent from 1649-1661.
		The Fifth Monarchy Men were a radical religious movement that used both social and political pressure to affect their message and vision of a new religious "Golden Age".
		The Fifth Monarchy Men were able to influence the election of a number of 150 delegates to the Barebone's Parliament (July-December 1653) which had been called by Cromwell to fill the void left by the Rump Parliament which Cromwell had dissolved earlier in 1653.
	www.exlibris.org /nonconform/engdis/fifthmonarchists.html (1940 words)

	Folklore: "The real Royalists": folk performance and civil religion at royal visits
		If commentaries on popular monarchy are scarce, then qualitative studies of how people actually interact with the monarchy are very scarce indeed.
		Rather, by describing how one particular group of people interact with the monarchy, the aim is to illustrate the richness of the material and in doing so to suggest the value of developing this field of research further.
		In exploring audience interpretations, I began undertaking participant observation amongst the crowds to gather data partly on the way the monarchy was officially displayed and partly on the way the public involved themselves in the event.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2386/is_v109/ai_21250633 (1459 words)

	Military dictatorship, economic growth, and the reemergence of the monarchy (from Thailand) -- Britannica Concise ...
		The monarchy, which had been in eclipse since 1932, once again became a significant institution in Thailand.
		Sarit was admired by many as a strong and decisive ruler, but his popularity diminished significantly after his death, when the extent of his personal corruption became widely known.
		Popular disaffection grew—particularly in the impoverished northeast and among alienated groups such as the Muslim Malays in the south and the Hmong in the far north—gradually crystallizing into outright insurgency.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-52684 (1270 words)

	JPRI Occasional Paper No. 17
		Popular opposition proved too strong, however, and by the end of the 1950s the movement was defeated.
		One was the postwar "human" emperor, a "scientist," a "scholar," and a "family man," popular with his people and in tune with the democratic and liberal values codified in the constitution and practiced in the emerging consumer society.
		A satirical attack on the institution of the "symbol" monarchy, and on the fabricated myth that Hirohito had heroically saved the nation from destruction, the "Dream" can be seen as revealing a miscellany of thrusts and cuts that say much about the emperor problem when the era of rapid economic growth began.
	www.jpri.org /publications/occasionalpapers/op17.html (5991 words)

	Democracy Revisited: The Ancients and the Moderns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Monarchy need not exclude democracy, as is shown by the example of contemporary constitutional and parliamentary monarchies today.
		The popular assembly nominated ambassadors; decided over the issue of war and peace, preparing military expeditions or bringing an end to hostilities; investigated the performance of magistrates; issued decrees; ratified laws; bestowed the rights of citizenship; and deliberated on matters of Athenian security.
		Significantly, it was with the beginning of the inquiry into the origins of the French monarchy that the nobility, under Louis XIV, began to challenge the principles of monarchy.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=3602 (5190 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The 17th Century: Introduction
		Albion (the Roman name for Britain) is a young and beautiful virgin wearing as cloak a map featuring rivers, trees, mountains, churches, towns; she carries a scepter and holds a cornucopia, symbol of plenty.
		It is Albion herself, not King James, who is seated in the center holding the emblems of sovereignty; her male conquerors stand to the side, and their smaller size and their number suggest something unstable in monarchy and patriarchy.
		The climax to all this was the highly dramatic trial and execution of King Charles I (January 1649), a cataclysmic event that sent shock waves through courts, hierarchical institutions, and traditionalists everywhere; this event is presented here through contemporary accounts and graphic images.
	www.wwnorton.com /nael/17century/welcome.htm (582 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Can't get German popular unification to trigger
		As the event won't trigger if ANY of the remaining governments are monarchies, I invaded the remaining German minors and annexed them (except Bremen).
		Now it's January 1852, and I know that I've missed the boat on popular unification, since the event specifies that 30 Dec 1851 is the last possible date.
		The bottom line is that until his modified code, Popular Unification for Germany didn't exist/couldn't happen at all.
	forum.paradoxplaza.com /forum/showthread.php?t=143909 (2332 words)

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		Spain was to preserve its ancient monarchy but was to strip that institution of power which now was to repose in a parliament, supposedly a mirror held up before the nation in which the people could contemplate its own face.
		To criticize popular sovereignty is to commit a mortal sin in public and even some churchmen fall into this trap when they attempt to make Christianity palatable by pointing out its putatively salutary role in contemporary democratic society.
		Don Juan Carlos, presumed heir to the old Catholic monarchy, signed the abortion law which is a dagger menacing the heart of Catholic and, for that matter, all morality.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HUMANITY/FR90401.TXT (6820 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Nepal says constitutional monarchy non-negotiable
		KATHMANDU – The future of Nepal's constitutional monarchy would be non-negotiable in forthcoming peace talks with Maoist rebels, a domestic news agency reported the government as saying on Thursday.
		Mandal was appointed on Wednesday as the government's chief negotiator in talks to end the seven-year revolt that has claimed more than 7,200 lives in the desperately poor Himalayan kingdom.
		There was no immediate comment from the Maoists who have said a communist republic remains their ultimate goal but that they are willing for the present to keep the monarchy, a popular institution in the Hindu nation where the king is seen as a god.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030417-0619-nepal.html (246 words)

	ParaPundit: Comment on Donald Rumsfeld Admits To Meetings With Sunni Insurgency In Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jordan is trying its absolute best to model itself along western lines, but I think the only thing holding it together is that the majority of the locals buy into the long term western vision of a generally popular monarchy, oh, and they also realise that life will go to hell if the country collapses.
		The war "is no longer popular" largely because people like you keep harping on the relatively insignificant losses and ignore the gains.
		Monarchies are quirky as they depend on lucky genes.
	www.futurepundit.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2856 (1879 words)

	Nepal at the crossroads - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the early years of the Maoist insurrection the Maoists put forward three main demands: the elimination of the monarchy, the formation of a republic and the establishment of an interim government to draw up a new constitution.
		It now seems clear that the Maoists are determined to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, though their hard-line stance on this score could change if negotiations are held that guarantee genuine constitutional change and remove some of the existing powers of the monarchy.
		At the same time there is a recognition that Maoist support comes largely because of popular disenchantment both with the intrigues and undemocratic views of the palace and the utter incompetence of the country’s squabbling political leaders.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep112004/top.asp (949 words)

	In Memory of King Oscar II of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This referendum established as a principle that the form of government is subject to the popular will, which is contrary to the monarchical principle.
		Our monarchy since 1905 has been denoted our “popular monarchy,” where the monarch “is to serve and not to rule.” Of course, the monarch is always there for the people.
		Although there were many with a republican agenda, the general idea was to get rid of the union, not the monarchy, as getting rid of both at the same time was believed to be too risky.
	www.royaltymonarchy.com /opinion/articles/baltzersen2.htm (8806 words)

	Modern Monarchies - Royal Blue Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I noticed today in the paper, that german channel ARTE will have a documentary in four parts about modern monarchies: why they stayed, why are they popular,...
		I was interested in the bits about Franco, I didn't know so much about how the monarchy was restored and how he chose Juan Carlos to be king.
		It's evident that Juan Carlos is very popular, he was described as 'a king of the street'.
	forums.rbhq.net /showthread.php?t=474 (1287 words)

	BBC News \| Sci/Tech \| Millions drawn into Royal web
		The official Buckingham Palace website was visited more than 100 million times in its first year, making it one of the most popular locations on the Internet.
		The palace website is most popular in Britain and also in north America, Europe, the Far East and South America, notably in Brazil.
		According to 110,000 feedback messages sent by e-mail, most visitors to the site are aged 31 to 45, although a growing number of under-17s are interested.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/63310.stm (339 words)

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