What is another word for constitutional monarchy?

Pronunciation: [kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃənə͡l mˈɒnəki] (IPA)

Constitutional monarchy is a form of government where the monarch acts as a ceremonial head of state while the real power lies in an elected legislature. This system has a few synonyms, such as parliamentary monarchy, popular monarchy, and democratic monarchy. In a parliamentary monarchy, the monarch exercises their power through a parliamentary system, while the popular monarchy emphasizes the support of the people for the monarch's reign. A democratic monarchy combines a ceremonial monarchy with a democratic political system. Other alternatives include limited monarchy, where the monarch has some authority but is still subject to certain legal limits, and elected monarchy, where the monarch is elected to the position rather than inheriting it.

Famous quotes with Constitutional monarchy

  • Having destroyed the social power of the nobility and the guildmasters, the bourgeois also destroyed their political power. Having raised itself to the actual position of first class in society, it proclaims itself to be also the dominant political class. This it does through the introduction of the representative system which rests on bourgeois equality before the law and the recognition of free competition, and in European countries takes the form of constitutional monarchy. In these constitutional monarchies, only those who possess a certain capital are voters – that is to say, only members of the bourgeoisie. These bourgeois voters choose the deputies, and these bourgeois deputies, by using their right to refuse to vote taxes, choose a bourgeois government.
    Friedrich Engels
  • The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights—the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn.
    Walter Bagehot

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