Parliamentary-monarchical institutions of modern European States : prospects and transformations

Relevance. The institution of parliamentary monarchism, in the presence of contradictory attitudes of various social communities towards it, remains one of the typical components of modern democratic systems. However, in the conditions of post-industrial society, cardinal transformations of parliamentary monarchies in European countries are taking place, which leads to their mimicry under the influence of such factors of social relations as postmodernism and globalization. A political analysis of the noted problem is presented relevant in view of the need to clarify the signs and parameters of democratic institutions in the political systems of modern European states.
The purpose of the scientific article is to consider the prospects for the development and transformation of European parliamentary-monarchical institutions in the context of the development of political systems of liberal democracy.
The objectives of the research are: analysis of the transformations of parliamentary-monarchical institutions, clarification of the institutional parameters of modern European monarchical parliamentarism, identification of crisis trends in the development of parliamentary monarchies in European countries, identification of prospects for their development in the conditions of postmodern and globalization processes.
Methodology. To solve the purpose and objectives of the study, historical, comparative methods, functional analysis were used.
Results. In the 21st century, the legitimacy of parliamentary monarchies in European states began to be determined by a number of new trends in the political process, primarily depending on the ability of specific representatives of ruling dynasties to respond to modern challenges to the institutions of succession.
Conclusions. Despite the crisis trends of the post-industrial era, the institution of monarchical rule is quite effectively combined with political and economic freedoms, being included in the system of separation of powers, acting as an integral element of the rule of law, which is why the parliamentary monarchy in the medium term will retain the importance of an important institutional component of modern democratic systems.

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