Gender and Constitutional Monarchy in Comparative Perspective

Gender and Constitutional Monarchy in Comparative Perspective

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Constitutional monarchies are understudied as institutions that may contribute to the maintenance of a system of constitutional government.Even less well studied, however, is the relationship between constitutional monarchies and norms of gender justice.This article surveys this potential relationship, and notes five broad potential connections: the connection between formal apac1/60/1/cw rules surrounding the operation of the monarchy and norms of gender equality; the dynamics surrounding change, or non-change, in these rules; the gendered role(s) played by monarchs in various countries, and how those roles may reflect or even promote broader social change in attitudes towards click here female leadership; how monarchs have exercised their powers so as to promote, or obstruct, broader campaigns for gender justice; and the relationship between feminist commitments and an interest in the style and/or family choices of monarchs.

It further suggests the benefits of a comparative dialogue on these questions that directly connects Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, as well as more future scholarship on these and related questions of the relationship between gender- based change in the realms of the symbolic and practical.