{"product_id":"the-politics-of-succession-forging-stable-monarchies-in-europe-ad-1000-1800-hardcover","title":"The Politics of Succession: Forging Stable Monarchies in Europe, Ad 1000-1800 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrej Kokkonen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJørgen Møller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnders Sundell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe death of the ruler poses a significant threat to the stability of any polity. Arranging for a peaceful and orderly succession has been a formidable challenge in most historical societies, and it continues to be a test that modern authoritarian regimes regularly face and often fail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a unique dataset of the life and fates of monarchs in all major monarchies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Succession\u003c\/em\u003e documents how succession have historically been moments of violence and insecurity. Deaths of rulers were often associated with civil war, and the shadow cast by looming successions caused coups and depositions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut this book also shows that the development and spread of primogeniture - the eldest-son-taking-the-throne - mitigated the problem of succession in Europe in the period after AD 1000. The predictability and stability that followed from a clear hereditary principle outweighed the problems of incompetent and irrational rulers sometimes inheriting power. The data used in the book demonstrates that primogeniture reduced the risk of depositions and civil war following the inevitable deaths of leaders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this way, hereditary monarchy helped create political stability and lengthen the time horizons of rulers and elites alike, thereby facilitating state-building. The book thus sheds light on the rationale of a system of leader selection that today often appears illogical and outdated - and it uses these findings to shed light on the key advantage of modern representative democracy: its ability to complete power transfers peacefully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrej Kokkonen, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg\u003c\/em\u003e, Jørgen Møller, \u003cem\u003eProfessor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University\u003c\/em\u003e, Anders Sundell, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrej Kokkonen is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. His research interests include the populist radical right, anti-immigrant attitudes, affective polarization, authoritarian institutions, and historical state building and state formation processes. Recently he has studied succession arrangements in authoritarian states in a historical perspective and populist challenges to democracy. His work has been published in journals such as the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Political Science\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eComparative Political Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEuropean Journal of Political Research\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEuropean Sociological Review\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJørgen Møller is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, where he teaches Comparative Politics and International Relations. He has a PhD from the European University Institute, Italy. His research interests include conceptualization of democracy and the rule of law, dynamics of democratization, conflict and democratic stability, patterns of state formation, regime change and international order, and comparative methodology. Most of his recent work revolves around the medieval origins of the modern state and modern democracy. His work has been published in journals such as \u003cem\u003eInternational Studies Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInternational Organization\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSociological Methods \u0026amp; Research\u003c\/em\u003e and in books with Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Oxford University Press. Since 2015, he has been a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnders Sundell is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. His research has focused on political succession, quality of government, and most recently, equality of representation and the opinion-policy link. His work has been published in journals such as \u003cem\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eComparative Political Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectoral Studies and Public Administration\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.41 x 6.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171055767687,"sku":"9780192897510","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/16e4d36d700b7022b7545cad7d6f0922.webp?v=1733352793","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-politics-of-succession-forging-stable-monarchies-in-europe-ad-1000-1800-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}