what are negative characteristics of a constitutional monarchy?
A constitutional monarchy, according to dictionary.com, is a “A form of national government in which the power of the monarch (the king or queen) is restrained by a parliament, by law, or by custom…” This means that power once held absolutely by the monarch, as in Medieval Europe, or in Imperial-Era China, is limited and diffused through a governing bureaucracy, headed in many cases by a Prime Minister or the regional equivalent, while the function of the Monarch thereby becomes ceremonial in nature. While the Parliamentary system which replaces absolute monarchical rule does tend to bring a government closer to Democratization, it does have a few glaring drawbacks which show fundamental flaws in such a system: 1) Constitutional Monarchies do not necessarily improve quality of life for the majority of the populace, and in some cases, fail to protect the populace from repressive military regimes. According to Wikipedia.org, “In the past, constitutional monarchs have co-existed with fa
