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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"monarchical"”.
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Orationes Regum Ac Potentia: Monarchical Oratory and Power in Shakespeare's Henriad
<p>Recent scholarly essays have marked the swing of the literary criticism pendulum from the limited scopes of formalism and New Historicism to a syncretic amalgamation aptly called “historical formalism,” in which the focus is on the formal elements of a literary work while also noting the context …
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Civil-military relations and monarchical survival : a comparative analysis of Morocco and Jordan
… control over their military establishments. The monarchical role in the development of the military subordinates the armed forces, as well as lessens their professionalization as they become less representative and more politicized institutions. Subordination of the military as a strategy of the …
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The role of political connections in corporations: The case of a monarchical system
… is characterised by examining countries under monarchical rule. The first study shows that members royal families in the Gulf Country Council (GCC) are influential and powerful, whereas the powers of ministers and members of parliament are limited. Thus, firms’ connections to royal families …
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Balancing monarchical and human rights in Southern Africa: experiences from the kingdom of Eswatini
… there can be a balance or relationship between monarchical rights and human rights in Southern Africa, paying particular attention to the small monarchical kingdom of Eswatini. The study seeks to examine how traditional monarchies in the 21st century treats the issue of human rights bearing in …
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Sublimating the Singularity of an Author(ity): Textual Publics, Textual Agency, and a Case Study of "Eikon Basilike" (1649-1660)
… which enabled royalists to transfer his paternal-monarchical authority to the "Eikon." Specifically, the book was able to channel the king’s monarchical power through the Freudian paternal no. The "Eikon" became a Lacanian stain on the English Interregnum literary landscape, and it prompted …
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Toward a “Greater Morocco”: Moroccan irredentism and Cold War territorial expansions
… backgrounds of Morocco’s irredentism, monarchical traditions, and the continuity of the Alaouite Dynasty. It then focuses on interpreting four critical historical events, including the Spain-Morocco war in Ifni (1957- 1958), Morocco’s territorial claim of Mauritania (1957-1961), the …
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The (family) firm : representation and power in the British royal family
… role of media culture in producing consent for monarchical power. It does this through a close analysis of a range of media texts, from newspapers, magazines, books, portraiture and paintings, photographs, films, television productions, radio shows, websites, social media outputs, cartoons, …
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Codes as Constitution: The Development of the Biblical Law-Codes from Monarchy to Theocracy
… leap reflected in the Torah from common monarchical law to the constitution of theocracy is examined within the changing socio-historical contexts of Israel itself, from the period of the monarchy through to the Exile. While the initial development of the Hebrew law is thus reconstructed …
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Challenging the Authoritarian Theory of the Press: Mostafa Amin and Press Freedom Under King Farouk's Rule in Egypt
… control over the press, and its applicability on monarchical Egypt. It challenges the rigid categorization by presenting a case study of a famous Egyptian journalist Mostafa Amin and the ways in which he navigated the ostensible authoritarian rule of King Farouk, who ruled from 1936 to 1952. The …
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Monarchy in the democratic age: the head of state debate in Britain: a constitutional and comparative analysis
… to determine whether Britain could transform its monarchical constitution into a republican one in normal times; and to discuss what form that new dispensation might take. Public opinion remains overwhelmingly in favour of monarchy, but dissenting opinion, once a fringe view, has become a feature …
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A lei de natureza e o estado civil na perspectiva de John Locke
… the state of nature as a retaliation against the monarchical patriarchy of Robert Filmer, as exposed in his Two Treatises. In the first one, we will also expatiate the need for the concept of the law of nature for the fulfillment of the main purpose of the lockean state: the full conservation of …
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The contribution of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) to democratic change in Swaziland, 1983-2013
… the signs of change were not simply products of monarchical benevolence, but came about as a result of pressure put by PUDEMO on the Swazi leaders. It is a study of the history of PUDEMO and its contribution to the process of democratisation of Swaziland. It interrogates the various ways in which …
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Upon a dangerous design: the public life of Edward Sexby, 1647-1657
… assassination in response to his increasingly monarchical Protectorate (1653-1658). Upon a Dangerous Design contextualizes Killing Noe Murder by providing a clearer picture both of Sexby's public life and his relationship with Oliver Cromwell. It considers Sexby roles as a representative for …
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Blood ties : and 'Kings. what a good idea' : monarchy in epic fantasy fiction
… from democratic countries may choose to use monarchical political structures in epic fantasy novels. It considers evidence from folktale research, primate behavioural studies, literary traditions, both ancient and modern, and the effect of religious doctrine and history on the symbolic role …
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The Federal Evolution of Imperial Germany (1871-1918)
… state. Rather than by the collaboration of the monarchical state governments, national decision-making was now shaped by the competition and cooperation of the federal parliament – the Reichstag – and the newly emerged federal government around the Chancellor. This transformation came about, the …
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Brandy Nan and Farmer George: Public Perceptions of Royal Health and the Demystification of English Monarchy During the Long Eighteenth Century
… Additionally, this work shows how the topic of monarchical health went from being an illicit subject, to one associated with a popular claim that English citizens had a right to know the full details of their monarch's private life. Furthermore, the dissertation provides a prosopographical …
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Christus Regnat: Inauguration and images of kingship in England, France and the Empire c.1050-c.1250
… three realms is made manifest. The practice of monarchical inauguration forms the focal point of the thesis, which is structured around three different types of source material: liturgical texts, narrative accounts and charters. Rather than attempting to trace the development of this ritual, an …
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Margaret Cavendish and Scientific Discourse in Seventeenth-Century England
… and urges a traditional class system with a monarchical government. Cavendish actively separates the gender constraints in philosophical inquiry from the social limitations placed on the lower classes to promote herself and other aristocratic women in the pursuit of natural philosophy, urging …
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