CROWNED HEADS 

1.  What role does the institution of the monarchy play in British political life today?  What do your readings and observations during the past month suggest about the crown's significance in contemporary politics?

2.  What did the tour of parliament reveal about the relationship of King, Lords, and Commons over the centuries?  How would you describe this relationship today?
 

Selected Readings:

Aronson, Theo. Royal Family:  Years of Transition.  London: J. Murray, 1983.

Bogdanor, Vernon. The Monarchy and the Constitution. Oxford: Clarendon Press and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Budge, Ian and McKay, David (eds.)  The Developing British Political System: The 1990s.  London: Longman, 1993.

Dearlove, John and Peter Saunders.  Introduction to British Politics: Analysing A Capitalist Democracy.  2nd ed.  Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991.

Gould, Philip.  The Unfinished Revolution: How The Modernisers Saved The Labour Party.  London: Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
 
Haseler, Stephen. Britain's Ancien Regime: The Need for a New Constitutional Settlement.  London: Radical Society, 1991.

Haseler, Stephen. The End of the House of Windsor: Birth of a British Republic. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 1993.
 
Haseler, Stephen. The English Tribe: Identity, Nation, and Europe. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Press and New York: St. Martin's Press,1996.

Hayden, Ilse.  Symbol and Privilege: The Ritual Context of British Royalty.  Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1987.

Kelley, Kitty.  The Royals.  New York: Warner Books, 1997.

Nairn, Tom.  The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its Monarchy. London: Radius, 1988.

Taylor, Antony.  'Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790.  London: Reaktion Books, 1999.

Taylor, John A.  British Monarchy, English Church Establishment, and Civil Liberty. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
 

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