After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself?
Autor Ed Owensen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 sep 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399406536
ISBN-10: 1399406531
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 8 pages of black and white photographs
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399406531
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 8 pages of black and white photographs
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
This book is a book of great importance at a time of inevitable change. It is subtly titled and written in a way that will appeal to those who favour the monarchy and those who do not.
Notă biografică
Ed Owens is the author of The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public. He is an historian, royal commentator and public speaker. He is often in demand on radio and television to discuss the subject matter of this book.edowens.com
Cuprins
Introduction: Crown and country in crisisPart One Ceremony, Spectacle and Tradition1 Is it still something to be proud of?2 Consecrated obstruction3 The seasonable addition of nice and pretty events4 An alien and uninspiring court?5 The bride waves, the crowd cheers6 The new Elizabethans7 The glamour of backwardnessPart Two Duty, Service and Philanthropy8 Devoted to your service9 Benevolence sweetens authority10 A living power for good11 The heavy burden of responsibility12 Come on Margaret!13 A new Jerusalem?14 The Queen had no choice15I t's all part of minding deeply about this countryPart Three Family, Celebrity and Scandal16 The press creates . the press destroys17 A family on the throne18 The royal soap opera19 Killing the monarchy?20 Annus horribilis21 Never complain, never explain22 Don't make my final years a miseryPart Four Nation, Democracy and the Constitution23 No more good chaps24 Democratic monarchy25 One who reigns but does not rule?26 To be invisible is to be forgotten27 The spirit of generous compromise28 The good of the country29 The perfect constitutional monarch?30 Queen's consentConclusionAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
A lucid, clear-sighted, and highly readable analysis of the British monarchy's self-inflicted crisis.
With the clarity of expertise, Owens sets out an agenda to give the Crown an energetic role in the 21st century.
With the clarity of expertise, Owens sets out an agenda to give the Crown an energetic role in the 21st century.
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The British monarchy has been through turbulent times of late. Rocked by scandal and strife, and without it seems a clear plan for the future following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have been left wondering: what happens next?
Nothing seems certain. Will the monarchy survive with its continuing echoes of an Imperial past? Will young people - disenchanted with the political status quo - find the ritual and practice of the monarchy quite so mesmerising as previous generations have done? What might a republican Britain look like?
Ed Owens argues that the monarchy must embrace reform and transform itself radically. No more private jets while preaching about the importance of the environment; no more secrecy obscuring royal influence in high places; and no more hangers on enjoying grace-and-favour homes. A major slimming down is essential. And it's time the family archives were opened.
All these issues will have a direct effect on the common good of the nation as it tries to reinvent itself as a modern working democracy, and endeavours to equip itself for the coming decades. Ed Owens situates this critical moment of royal transition in its historical context in order to set out a vision for monarchy that is future-proof, but which would also see the crown play an integral role in the evolution of 21st-century Britain.
The British monarchy has been through turbulent times of late. Rocked by scandal and strife, and without it seems a clear plan for the future following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have been left wondering: what happens next?
Nothing seems certain. Will the monarchy survive with its continuing echoes of an Imperial past? Will young people - disenchanted with the political status quo - find the ritual and practice of the monarchy quite so mesmerising as previous generations have done? What might a republican Britain look like?
Ed Owens argues that the monarchy must embrace reform and transform itself radically. No more private jets while preaching about the importance of the environment; no more secrecy obscuring royal influence in high places; and no more hangers on enjoying grace-and-favour homes. A major slimming down is essential. And it's time the family archives were opened.
All these issues will have a direct effect on the common good of the nation as it tries to reinvent itself as a modern working democracy, and endeavours to equip itself for the coming decades. Ed Owens situates this critical moment of royal transition in its historical context in order to set out a vision for monarchy that is future-proof, but which would also see the crown play an integral role in the evolution of 21st-century Britain.