Running the Family Firm

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How the Monarchy Manages its Image and Our Money

By Laura Clancy

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Running the Family Firm examines the British monarchy’s role in perpetuating wealth inequality, framing it as a corporate entity known as The Firm. Through case studies of prominent royal figures like the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and Meghan Markle, Laura Clancy reveals how the monarchy’s power is carefully managed and presented to the public, blending tradition with capitalist structures.
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Ideal for readers interested in sociology, political economy, modern British history, and cultural studies. Suitable for those seeking to understand wealth inequality and the evolving role of monarchy in contemporary society.

The British royal family has experienced a resurgence in public interest at the same time as global inequalities have expanded between 'the elites' and 'the rest'. Yet, the monarchy is absent from conversations about inequality. This is the only book arguing that we cannot talk about inequalities in Britain today without talking about the monarchy.

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In recent decades, the global wealth of the rich has soared, leaving huge chasms of wealth inequality. This book argues that we cannot discuss inequalities in Britain today without mentioning the monarchy.

Running the Family Firm explores the postwar British monarchy to understand its economic, political, social, and cultural functions. Although the monarchy is usually positioned as a backward-looking, archaic institution and an irrelevant anachronism to corporate forms of wealth and power, the relationship between monarchy and capitalism is as old as capitalism itself.

This book frames the monarchy as the gold standard corporation: The Firm. Using a set of case studies— the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and Meghan Markle— it contends that The Firm's power is disguised through careful stage management of media representations of the royal family. In so doing, it extends conventional understandings of what monarchy is and why it matters.

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Praised for its detailed research and insightful analysis, this book offers a compelling critique of the British monarchy’s economic and social influence today. Academics commend Clancy’s work as a lucid and far-reaching examination that unpacks the monarchy’s ideological roles and its hidden economic organisation. It is noted for exploring intersections with gender, class, colonialism, and corporate power.

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ISBN: 9781526158758

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: 20 black & white figures; 1 table

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Laura Clancy is a Lecturer in Media at Lancaster University.

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