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THE STATE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM - PRINCE OF L...

What should the state look like in the third millennium? This is the question addressed in this
book by Hans-Adam II  Prince of Liechtenstein  drawing on two decades of experience as ruler of
a constitutional monarchy. Many might be astonished that the monarch of a tiny principality
should presume to advise the rest of the world on such a subject. Nonetheless  Prince Hans-Adam
believes that much can be learned from the experience of Liechtenstein's direct democracy  and
from the new model which he has tried to implement there. Over the centuries the Prince's
family has seen states and empires come and go  typically bringing much suffering and
destruction. Starting from the assumption that a state and its ruler should serve the people 
he believes it is time to abandon outdated state models  which were developed by and for
agrarian societies. Most of the reforms discussed here have actually been realized in
Liechtenstein  with the support of either the parliament or the people  in the popular votes
which are a feature of Liechtenstein's democracy. Though such a state model might not be
adequate for larger states  the Prince argues that the model he proposes is not dependent on
state size. Instead  the governing principles for the state of the future are that the state
should serve the people  and not vice versa  that democracy  not ideology  should determine the
actions of the state and its rulers  and that self-determination is more important than the
inviolability of existing borders. Drawing on both his study of the origins of the state and
democracy  and his experience as ruler  the Prince sets out here his unique and personal vision
of the state of the third millennium  and the strategies by which it might be achieved.

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