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The Politics of Belgium

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The Politics of Belgium book

Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism

The Politics of Belgium

DOI link for The Politics of Belgium

The Politics of Belgium book

Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism
Edited ByMarleen Brans, Lieven De Winter, Wilfried Swenden
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2009
eBook Published 13 September 2013
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315876214
Pages 256 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315876214
SubjectsArea Studies, Politics & International Relations
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Brans, M. (Ed.), Winter, L. (Ed.), Swenden, W. (Ed.). (2009). The Politics of Belgium. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315876214

For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through the writings of Arend Lijphart, who considered it a model case of consociationalism. Over the past ten to fifteen years, the analysis of consociationalism has been complemented by a more detailed coverage of Belgium's spectacular transformation process from a unitary into a federal state, moving rapidly now to disintegration. Likewise, several peculiar aspects of Belgian politics, such as the record fragmentation of its party system, have been covered in edited volumes or international journals. However, given the complexity of the Belgian configuration of political institutions and actors, any inclusion of particular aspects of the Belgian case in comparative work calls for an in depth and integrated understanding of the broader political system.

This is the first book which provides such an analysis. It brings together a team of 19 political scientists and sociologists who aim to explain the dynamics and incentives of institutional change and seek to analyze the intricate interplay between the main institutional components of the Belgian body politic. The sociological, political and institutional determinants and the consequences of the "federalisation" process of Belgium is the central theme that links each of the individual chapters. This book will be essential reading for students who want to understand the politics of Belgium and for anyone with a strong interest in West European Politics, comparative politics and comparative federalism.

This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: Sociological and Institutional Determinants of Policy-Making

chapter 1|18 pages

‘Will It Stay of Will it Go?’ Federalism Wilfried Swenden and the Sustainability of Belgium and Maarten Theo Jans

chapter 2|17 pages

And the Peace Goes On? Consociational Democracy and Belgian Politics in the Twenty-First Century Kris Deschouwer

chapter 3|21 pages

Does Belgium (Still) Exist? Differences Jaak Billiet, in Political Culture between Flemings Bart Maddens and Walloons and André-Paul Frognier

chapter 4|24 pages

Party System(s) and Electoral Behaviour Lieven De Winter, in Belgium: From Stability Marc Swyngedouw to Balkanisation and Patrick Dumont

chapter 5|20 pages

Do Belgian Parties Undermine the Lieven De Winter Democratic Chain of Delegation? and Patrick Dumont

part |2 pages

Part II: Policy Performance and Policy Reform

chapter 6|20 pages

Administrative Reform in Belgium: Marleen Brans, Maintenance or Modernisation? Christian de Visscher

ByDiederik Vancoppenolle

chapter 7|19 pages

Policy Failure and Corruption in Belgium: Jeroen Maesschalck Is Federalism to Blame? and Steven Van de Walle

chapter 8|16 pages

Policy Convergence and Divergence Stefaan De Rynck in Belgium: Education and Health Care and Karolien Dezeure

chapter 9|23 pages

Social Redistribution in Federalised Bea Cantillon, Stijn Rottiers

ByBelgium Veerle De Maesschalck

chapter 10|22 pages

The European Rescue of the Federal State: Jan Beyers How Europeanisation Shapes the Belgian State and Peter Bursens

chapter 11|14 pages

Consociationalism, Corruption and Chocolate: Belgian Exceptionalism B. Guy Peters

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