The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK / edited by Cris Shore, David V. Williams.
2019
KD5025 .S53 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK / edited by Cris Shore, David V. Williams.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Description
xiii, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
A shapeshifting enigma: the crown in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom / Cris Shore
Genealogies of the modern crown: From St Edward to Queen Elizabeth II / David V. Williams
The crown as metonym for the state? The human face of leviathan / Cris Shore
Indigenous peoples and the crown: the sacred duty / Sally Raudon
The rituals of crown and state in New Zealand / Jai Patel
Locating the crown in Australia: the swag of Camp Gallipoli / Sally Raudon
Localising the crown: royals and (re)patriation / Jai Patel and Sally Raudon
The republican move: cutting colonial ties / Jai Patel
Constitutional reform and the politics of public engagement / Cris Shore and David V. Williams
Crown prerogative: reining in the powers / David V. Williams
The queen is dead, long live the king? / Sally Raudon
Conclusion: the future of the crown in an age of uncertainty: sempiternal or crumbling foundation? / Cris Shore, David V. Williams and Sally Raudon.
Genealogies of the modern crown: From St Edward to Queen Elizabeth II / David V. Williams
The crown as metonym for the state? The human face of leviathan / Cris Shore
Indigenous peoples and the crown: the sacred duty / Sally Raudon
The rituals of crown and state in New Zealand / Jai Patel
Locating the crown in Australia: the swag of Camp Gallipoli / Sally Raudon
Localising the crown: royals and (re)patriation / Jai Patel and Sally Raudon
The republican move: cutting colonial ties / Jai Patel
Constitutional reform and the politics of public engagement / Cris Shore and David V. Williams
Crown prerogative: reining in the powers / David V. Williams
The queen is dead, long live the king? / Sally Raudon
Conclusion: the future of the crown in an age of uncertainty: sempiternal or crumbling foundation? / Cris Shore, David V. Williams and Sally Raudon.
Summary
"The Crown stands at the heart of the New Zealand, British, Australian and Canadian constitutions as the ultimate source of legal authority and embodiment of state power. A familiar icon of the Westminster model of government, it is also an enigma. Even constitutional experts struggle to define its attributes and boundaries: who or what is the Crown and how is it embodied? Is it the Queen, the state, the government, a corporation sole or aggregate, a relic of feudal England, a metaphor, or a mask for the operation of executive power? How are its powers exercised? How have the Crowns of different Commonwealth countries developed? The Shapeshifting Crown combines legal and anthropological perspectives to provide novel insights into the Crown's changing nature and its multiple, ambiguous and contradictory meanings. It sheds new light onto the development of the state in postcolonial societies and constitutional monarchy as a cultural system"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
KD5025 .S53 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781108496469 hardcover
1108496466 hardcover
9781108733854 paperback
1108733859 paperback
1108496466 hardcover
9781108733854 paperback
1108733859 paperback
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