Monarchism

Monarchism is a political doctrine that supports monarchy as a form of government or favors preserving or restoring one. It ranges from constitutional royalism to advocacy of absolute rule.

Republicanism: Republicanism is a political tradition that opposes monarchy and grounds public authority in a political community or its representatives. Its rejection of hereditary headship defines monarchism’s central constitutional divide.
Monarchy: Monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch serves as head of state, usually through hereditary succession. It is the institution monarchism seeks to establish, preserve, or restore.
Absolutism: Absolutism is a political theory and practice that concentrates sovereign power in a ruler, often a monarch. Early modern monarchists used absolutist arguments to defend centralized royal power.
Royalism: Royalism is political support for a particular monarch or royal house, especially during a succession crisis or civil conflict. Royalist movements turn general support for monarchy into allegiance to a claimant or dynasty.
Legitimacy (political): Political legitimacy is the recognized right of a government or ruler to exercise authority. Monarchist arguments explain why inherited rule should count as rightful authority.
Popular sovereignty: Popular sovereignty is the principle that legitimate political authority ultimately derives from the people. It offers a competing source of legitimacy to inherited royal authority.
Dynastic succession: Dynastic succession is the transfer of political office within a ruling family, commonly according to established inheritance rules. Hereditary succession is a defining feature of many monarchist constitutional arrangements.
Restoration (English history): The Restoration was the return of the Stuart monarchy to England in 1660 after the republic established during the English Civil Wars. It was a major instance of monarchy being restored after abolition.
Toryism: Toryism is a British political tradition historically associated with the Crown, the established church, and social hierarchy. Its historical defense of Crown and hierarchy overlaps with monarchist politics.
Nationalism: Nationalism is a political principle that treats the nation as a primary basis for identity and political organization. Monarchies can serve as symbols of national unity, while national movements can also displace them.

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