Different Approaches, Different Results in Small State Studies : Complementary Views on the Monarchy and Traditional Governance in Liechtenstein

Wolf, Sebastian

Different Approaches, Different Results in Small State Studies : Complementary Views on the Monarchy and Traditional Governance in Liechtenstein

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2015

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Swiss Political Science Review. 2015, 21(2), pp. 350-361. ISSN 1424-7755. eISSN 1662-6370. Available under: doi: 10.1111/spsr.12151

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The research note comments on W. Veenendaal's article “A Big Prince in a Tiny Realm: Smallness, Monarchy, and Political Legitimacy in the Principality of Liechtenstein”. It is argued, inter alia, that the phenomenon of “princely self-restraint” should not be underestimated in Liechtenstein's constitutional reality. The character of the microstate's actual political system strongly depends on the individual personality of the Reigning Prince. A strong monarch who acts as a political actor with his own agenda should not be conceptualized as a neutral traditional leader. From the perspective of many citizens of Liechtenstein, the principality's political system is legitimate since it combines traditional authority and legal-rational authority in a unique way. Largely due to the powerful role of the government, the microstate is characterized by consensus-oriented hierarchical governance. Elite surveys can be seen as a useful instrument to overcome some of the methodological pitfalls of the elite interview approach.

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320 Politik

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Liechtenstein, Democracy, Monarchy, Legitimacy, Small state

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WOLF, Sebastian, 2015. Different Approaches, Different Results in Small State Studies : Complementary Views on the Monarchy and Traditional Governance in Liechtenstein. In: Swiss Political Science Review. 2015, 21(2), pp. 350-361. ISSN 1424-7755. eISSN 1662-6370. Available under: doi: 10.1111/spsr.12151

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@article{Wolf2015Diffe-31885,
  year={2015},
  doi={10.1111/spsr.12151},
  title={Different Approaches, Different Results in Small State Studies : Complementary Views on the Monarchy and Traditional Governance in Liechtenstein},
  number={2},
  volume={21},
  issn={1424-7755},
  journal={Swiss Political Science Review},
  pages={350--361},
  author={Wolf, Sebastian}
}

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