Hans-Adam II The reigning Prince of Liechtenstein

The State in the Third Millennium (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

What should the state look like in the third millennium? That is the question addressed in this book by Hans-Adam II, The Reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, drawing on two decades of experience as ruler of a constitutional monarchy. Prince Hans-Adam is able to look at the modern nation-state from many different angles: as a head of state, as a politician, who had to win popular votes in a direct democracy, as a businessman active in different continents, and as an historian who has studied the influence of military technology, transportation, and the economy on the workings of the state. The State in the Third Millennium analyzes the forces that have shaped human history in the past and are likely to do so for the foreseeable future. Prince Hans-Adam explores strategies on how to realize worldwide the modern democratic constitutional state in the third millennium. He observes that citizens should no longer be viewed as servants of the state, but rather that states be converted into benevolent service companies which serve the people as their customers. Prince Hans-Adam's explorations of governance range wide, including his analysis of direct and indirect democracies via the experience of the American Revolution and the Swiss Constitution of 1848. He draws lessons on opportunities for reform derived from his own observations of Liechtenstein's paths to political reform. This is an elegant, original, and lucidly argued work which will attract all students and observers of modern statecraft.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: van Eck Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783905881042
• Artikelnr.: 37734975

Autorenporträt

Prince Hans-Adam II assumed the regency of Liechtenstein in 1989, following the death of his father. Liechtenstein acceded to the United Nations Organization in 1990 and to the European Economic Area in 1995. Prince Hans-Adam is a trained economist who studied at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He has wide-ranging interests in the worlds of commerce and international affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 The right to self-determination-a personal conviction 3
The origins of the state 4 The role of religion in the formation of the
state 5 The size of states and the influence of military technology 6
Monarchy, oligarchy, democracy 7 The American Revolution and indirect
democracy 8 The Swiss constitution of 1848 and the path to direct democracy
9 Liechtenstein's constitutional reform of 2003 10 The deficiencies of
traditional democracy 11 The state of the future 11.1 The constitutional
state 11.2 The welfare state 11.3 The education system 11.4 Transportation
11.5 Public finances 11.6 The national currency 11.7 Other duties of the
states 12 A constitution for the state of the future 13 Strategies to
achieve the state of the future 14 A perspective on the third millennium
Appendix: A draft constitution for the state in the third millennium